By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in Pretoria
Reeva Steenkamp's family has told the judge that they expect the man who killed her to be sent to jail.
The model's cousin Kim Martin told the court that the alternative sentence of community service while under house arrest did not seem to fit the crime.
She said the Olympian and Paralympian runner, who is now a convicted killer, needed "to pay for what he'd done".
She said: "My family is not seeking revenge, but to shoot someone behind a door who's unarmed and harmless needs sufficient punishment."
Ms Martin warned that a lenient sentence would send the wrong message out to society.
She added: "He needs to pay for what he's done to my aunt and uncle, my whole family and his family. Everyone has suffered here."
The court heard from Zacharia Modise, acting head of the prison service, who said South African jails could cope with a man who had the runner's disabilities.
He said the double amputee would most probably be sent to what was formerly known as Pretoria Central. It was last year renamed Kgosi Mampuru, after a man who was hanged there in 1883.
Mr Modise said prisons now offered a range of courses, some voluntary, some mandatory.
He added: "We have offenders doing artwork, painting. We also have offenders that are taking part in athletics, in soccer, in rugby, in boxing."
Mr Modise suggested the runner would need to be assessed, but would probably be sent to the hospital wing of the prison which has five wards with 22 single cells and a gym.
The rosy depiction of prison life was disputed by the defence who said the athlete had already been threatened by a jailed leader of one of the most notorious gangs in the country's prisons, known as the 26's.
Defence lawyer Barry Roux read out a report from a local newspaper which quoted the man nicknamed the "General", saying: "Using a prison call box, this jailbird promised Pistorius hell, saying his wealth would not buy him a lavish prison lifestyle - instead he would 'be taken out'.
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Gallery: Pistorius Sentencing: Day Four
Oscar Pistorius' sister seen in court before the lunch recess on day four of the sentencing hearing. She later left the court in tears
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Aimee Pistorius complained of feeling "very intimidated" by the presence of Mikey Schultz in the public gallery of the Pretoria court, Sky's Alex Crawford reported. Schultz, pictured, said outside the court he had done nothing wrong
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Pistorius is to be sentenced for culpable homicide over the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013
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The court heard evidence from a cousin of Ms Steenkamp, who told the hearing Pistorius needed to "pay for what he's done"
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Ms Steenkamp's parents, June and Barry, were in the court to hear evidence
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Zacharia Modise, the acting national director for South Africa's prison service, insisted that the service was able to accommodate disabled prisoners, such as double amputee Pistorius if he got a custodial sentence
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Pistorius would be kept in a prison hospital wing because of his disabilities, Mr Modise said
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During the lunch recess, Pistorius was seen helping this German cameraman after he tripped up while filming the 27-year-old
He continued reading out the General's words, made apparently from a prison call box to a reporter.
He said: "Anyone who thinks they can come here and live like a king, will have a hit on their head. If he thinks he is going to come here and buy his way to get computers and cellphones and a lavish lifestyle, he must know that will never happen for as long as I am around."
The two legal teams will deliver their written heads of argument by Friday and are expected to spend the day outlining their varying main points on the sentencing.
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Gallery: Reeva Steenkamp's Life In Pictures
Reeva Steenkamp, 29, was born in Cape Town and grew up in Port Elizabeth. She went to a convent school and studied law. She was a keen horse rider until she broke her back.
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She moved to Johannesburg from Cape Town to model for Avon cosmetics. In 2012, Reeva was voted number 45 in the South African FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.
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She featured as a celebrity contestant on BBC Lifestyle show Baking Made Easy in 2012.
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The model was a keen Twitter user, and had more than 34,000 followers. She used the site to promote women's rights and empowerment.
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Her former fashion editor, Barbara Robertson, described the model as being "sweet, and down-to-earth" with the "it factor". She compared her to an "early Kate Moss".
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Reeva Steenkamp on the set of reality TV show Tropika Island of Treasure (Pic: Stimulii)
Court officials have said that the actual sentencing could come next Tuesday and indicated the judge has cleared her diary for that day.
None of this has been officially confirmed, though.
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