We do have evidence that it does take place. Particularly in the case of young people, in their first and second exposure to jail, they learn their craft from the experts they meet in jail. They increase their network of contacts. In fact, we're seeing an increase in the areas in Canada in which we find gangs. One of the reasons is that young people are going into prisons and associating with gang members and taking that modus operandi back to their communities and developing mini gangs of their own. There's no question that they learn their craft and they broaden their networks while they're in jail. That's why it's so important to try to intervene, so they don't go back, or to give them some hope where there is no hope.
On November 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.