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The Department of Correctional Services is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for running South Africa’s prison system. The department has about 34000 staff and is responsible for the administration of 240 prisons which accommodates about 189748 inmates. The prisons include minimum medium and maximum security facilities. The political head of the department is the Minister of Correctional Services currently S’bu Ndebele.