viii) Mangaung Private Prison The Mangaung Private Prison is located in the Free State provincial capital of Bloemfontein. It is one of two private prisons operating in South Africa. The Mangaung Private Prison also referred to as the Bloemfontein Correctional Center (BCC) is an initiative of the Government of the Republic of South Africa. The government wanted to build a modern prison but at the time did not have the resources. It then tendered the project to the private sector. The tender was won by Global Solutions – an international consortium with subsidiaries operating in different areas including security, health, and the financial sectors. The prison holds a total of 2,928 prisoners, all male. It consists of six housing units. Each unit consists of 8 streets or sections of 64 prisoner space each. The cells are in two categories: one that holds two inmates and another that holds four inmates. A partial view of the Mangaung Private Prison Special Rapporteur on Prisons Mission to South Africa 14 – 30 June 2004