Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On the community justice committees, there has not been too much concern raised of lately but I know in the past there was a lot of concern with justice committee members not having or reaching burnout stage and not having a lot of people stepping into the committees again. Then committees were depending a lot on these individuals to try and lessen the load as we have heard earlier on the systems we have.
This relates much to the training Mr. Erasmus spoke on. If we had the proper training - I know we do some committee training with individuals who are on there - and if we could focus on those areas, we would go a long way in making these community justice committees much more viable and the people on them would be able to last a lot longer.
That is an area we need to continue to focus on, as well as in the area of division. With division coming, the state of affairs as we know them within justice and corrections, much work needs to be done to prepare us for the new governments for what lies ahead in their futures. As we have heard over and over again, the facilities are continually at their maximum. Then we have a lot of reoccurring offences and the same inmates following the cycle. Can the Minister update us as to the activities in these areas?