First, we must always remember that somewhere a correctional officer is opening a cell door. In other words, when the officer does the rounds in the range, there are two inmates in the cell. There are inmates under maximum, medium and minimum security. So the risk can be higher.
Furthermore, there is also a risk for the inmate. Double bunking means that there are two inmates in a cell. That means that we need to determine whether the two inmates can live together. Last year, there were fairly appalling situations where the two inmates in the same cell assaulted each other. One morning, for example, one of the inmates got up and said, as if it were nothing, that he had stabbed the other inmate. The officers discovered it all when they did their rounds. It doesn't make sense.
Population management assessment is important. The decision about sharing the same cell has an effect on us. It's rampant in some institutions that have to manage eight different populations, eight categories of inmates who cannot be in contact with each other. For example, if an inmate from one end of the penitentiary needs to go to the infirmary, he must not have contact with the other inmates. All the other inmates are isolated in the cellblocks so that the inmate concerned can go to the hospital.
All these challenges related to population management and double bunking have an impact on the staff. They also have an effect on our working conditions. You have a range with 60 to 70 inmates to manage, but only three on the floor to do it.
So there's an impact on us and an impact on the quality of what the inmate can get. I'm not talking about the inmate's quality of life because it's fairly difficult in prison. The impact is felt on the quality of the programs and on reintegration.