Status of Women committee  Communities that expressed an interest in a section 81 agreement have to go through a process, but we're always open to that. As I mentioned at the beginning, we've expanded the capacity at Buffalo Sage Wellness House, so yes. Right now we're reviewing a proposal for potentiall

Status of Women committee  Definitely, some of it is our programs. Just recently, the OAG asked us to do an assessment of our programs, and we did. What it showed is that it improves the skills and attitudes of women as well as their motivation. They're more likely to get discretionary release, full parol

Status of Women committee  Maybe Kelley can speak to that, but what I can say is that certainly with CORCAN, which is our employment centre, even in Okimaw Ohci, if I'm not mistaken, now the women are learning more skills in construction, and not just the sewing. I know that at EIFW as well, they have—and

Status of Women committee  Yes. We have a healing lodge. We have the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge, which has 60 beds—

Status of Women committee  Yes. We also have the Buffalo Sage Wellness House. We just increased its capacity from 12 to 28 beds. Definitely for women who decide to follow a healing path who are interested in their culture, in teachings, in circles, in ceremonies, the healing lodge is a good place to be.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. In our healing lodge and in our institutions, we contract with elders from the community, so the offenders get to know them. If they go back to their community, the elders can continue to work with them. It's very important as well that our elders provide teaching a

Status of Women committee  Yes, I can certainly do that.

Status of Women committee  Yes. What we did, actually, and we did it for men.... When I appeared before, I spoke about what we created, which are called “aboriginal intervention centres”. Basically they're intake assessment centres. We do the assessment of the offender, but we also start programming right

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, hello again. I'm Anne Kelly. I'm the senior deputy commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada, or CSC, a position that includes responsibility for indigenous corrections. I'm pleased to be joined by Dr. Kelley Blanchette, the deputy commissioner for women, w

Status of Women committee  I'll start and then turn it over to Dr. Blanchette. Absolutely we are. In terms of the programs, the programs that have been developed for women are holistic. They are women-centered. The elder or spiritual advisers participate in the delivery of those programs. We have had rece

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. What I just outlined in terms of administrative segregation is in our commissioner's directives, so I'll be happy to provide it.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, I'd like to thank the honourable members of this committee for the opportunity to appear before you today on behalf of the Correctional Service of Canada, or CSC, regarding your study of indigenous women in the criminal justice system. My name is Anne Kelly and I'm

Public Safety committee  What I'll say is that we don't allow offenders to drink. We don't allow offenders to use drugs, although we have drugs that come into the institution. It's not consistent with working towards their correctional plan. That's our focus. Our focus is for them to participate in progr