Human Resources committee  One of the main reasons for the increase in the number of offenders aging in the institutions is due to the length of sentence. In fact, 47% of those over 50 are serving an indeterminate sentence, a life sentence. They continue to be under our care for the rest of their natural l

Human Resources committee  Yes. They represent a small number of those 50 and older. Similar to the presentation that was made earlier in terms of the aging of the aboriginal offender population, we do not see the same number of aboriginal offenders who are as old as non-aboriginal offenders.

Human Resources committee  Most definitely.

Human Resources committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and good morning, honourable members of the committee. Thank you for the invitation to appear before you today as you embark on your study on advancing the inclusion and quality of life for Canadian seniors. As you may be aware, the responsibility for

Public Accounts committee  Specifically, the aboriginal social history training is for the parole officers and the program officers, not necessarily the front-line correctional officers. They're the ones who do the assessments and reports that go forward to the Parole Board. We have an allotted number of

Public Accounts committee  Very quickly, there's no question that there are some challenges there. Of the aboriginal offenders that come into the federal system, 74% are coming into the federal system for the first time. They've gone through the youth system and the provincial system four to six times. We'

Public Accounts committee  It's new within the last year. Ms. Kelly and her team have gone out in the last number of months to ensure that all our regional management committees and various staff groups understand aboriginal social history and how to use and incorporate it into recommendations and decisio

Public Accounts committee  There are two things that are happening. First, we're going to be able to make the adjustments that we've committed to in the existing system. Second, I've actually just commissioned the team to look at how we go to a whole new generation of OMS that uses a more modern platform.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, most definitely. There are a couple that have already been modified and promulgated and there are some others that are still in the works over the next couple of months. We can provide you with the ones that are already complete and the list of the ones that are proceeding a

Public Accounts committee  At this point in time, they're all on track. I have both my policy sector and my audit sector monitoring our commitments to make sure there is no slippage.

Public Accounts committee  That's a very good question. One of the things we are focusing on—I've had several conversations with National Chief Perry Bellegarde from the Assembly of First Nations—is that once an aboriginal offender is released into the community, how do we help keep them out there? The f

Public Accounts committee  Part of the challenge is that the services are not necessarily in the location where individuals want to be released to. For example, if individuals want to be released back into their home community, which may be back on the reserve, some of the supporting agencies and services

Public Accounts committee  Just on that, what we can actually do, if it's helpful to the committee, is provide you a copy of the two tools so that you can actually see the criteria that were being accessed.

Public Accounts committee  Just on those lines, Madam Chair, I'd be glad to share our plan with our time frames, be glad to provide the progress report, and be glad to reappear to show that we're taking this seriously.

Public Accounts committee  I'll turn to Madam Kelly to give you some insight into that.