correctional facilities to increase accommodation and ventilation, and where applicable transferring of inmates to less populated correctional facilities. There are a total of thirteen (13) gazetted correctional facilities countrywide, namely; Windhoek, in Khomas region; Hardap, in Hardap region; Oluno; in Oshana region; Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Omaruru, in Erongo region; Grootfontein and Evaristus Shikongo, in Otjozondjupa region; Keetmanshoop and Luderitz in //Karas region; Gobabis, in Omaheke region; Elizabeth Nepembe, in Kavango West region and Divundu, in Kavango East region. The current official bed capacity of the Namibian Correctional Service facilities is 4475. According to the 2010/2011 offender statistics, the total offenders detained were 4445. The following correctional facilities are currently experiencing overcrowding: Oluno Correctional Facility (79%), Omaruru Correctional Facility (64%), Grootfontein Correctional Facility (54%), Windhoek Central Correctional Facility (44%), Walvis Bay Correctional Facility (31%) and Swakopmund Correctional Facility (10%).4 The management of the number of offenders and the provision of appropriate accommodation and services to offenders remain the constant priority activities of the Namibian Correctional Service. Conditions in the Correctional Facilities have changed drastically in recent years with the introduction of Unit Management concept. Unit Management is a modern correctional practice that aims to cluster offenders into smaller, more manageable groupings within a larger correctional setting. ix. Adopt alternative sentencing policies and impose non-custodial sentences such as community services, for less serious crimes; IN RESPONSE Community Service as a non-custodial sentence is being imposed by the courts in Namibia, and the Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) monitors those offenders who have been sentenced to Community Service. A Community Service Order (CSO) is an order of the Court instructing an offender who has committed a non-serious offence to serve his/her sentence in the community by performing unpaid work for the benefit of the public as an alternative to incarceration. The NCS undertakes the following activities concerning the CSOs:  Identify suitable institutions for placement of offender on CSOs. 4 See attached 2008/2009 - 2010/11 combined annual report for offenders population profile, marked as annexure “C” -8-