Foreign Affairs committee  In terms of why CSC's reputation is what it is internationally, I think we strike a balance here in Canada for our prison perspective. One is between humane treatment of inmates, offenders, prisoners, whatever you want call them, and the other is the whole notion around reintegra

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't have a current figure, but I do have an approximate figure. One women's facility holds around 250 women at this point. In some of the more regional facilities there are a small number of women who would be housed in male facilities, but the majority of them would be in Pé

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely, our contingent of 16 is almost half women, to be honest with you.

Foreign Affairs committee  The other contributing countries don't quite meet the same ratio, but last I heard, a significant number of women are working as part of the correctional unit.

Foreign Affairs committee  Do you mean coordination within the unit itself?

Foreign Affairs committee  Or most different UN agencies, or both?

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll be honest with you, I would say pre-earthquake there was coordination between UN agencies, and the different areas of the corrections piece were somewhat fractured. I think the earthquake probably reunited a lot of that. From the last report we heard at a presentation from t

Foreign Affairs committee  It wasn't totally destroyed. Components of it were. It is still being used. I think at the time you were there, and probably about a year later, it was sitting at 4,500 to 5,000 inmates, I would say, approximately. I think the latest figures I have show it at about 3,000. So it i

Foreign Affairs committee  I can't speak for the military. I do know that the current strength of the corrections component is just under 100 staff members, and I would say the majority of them at this point are French speaking. In corrections they tend to typically deploy staff from...a lot of them come f

Foreign Affairs committee  No. Actually that number has remained fairly constant, and prior to the earthquake I would have said it was a fair bit more dire in terms of almost being at 90%.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll respond in English, if you don't mind. It's a bit of a complicated question. That has been an extremely incredible challenge in terms of rebuilding those case files. As for the case files, while we do have databases, or the corrections department in Haiti has electronic dat

Foreign Affairs committee  There are a couple of challenges in Haiti in terms of the population. Current statistics, basically, are saying that approximately 5,700 to 5,800 inmates currently reside in the prisons, which have a capacity of about, I would say, 3,000. The challenge right now, as it has always

Foreign Affairs committee  About the justice system in Haiti?

Foreign Affairs committee  I can't speak as an expert on justice in Haiti. It wouldn't be the area of focus for us. I do know that we've tried to make significant efforts, Canada has, in investing in justice reform. The challenge, like in any other country, I think, is that justice and access to justice is

Foreign Affairs committee  Are you talking about the prison in Léogâne?