Mr. Craig Grimes at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On March 9th, 2011. See this statement in context.

March 9th, 2011 / 4:55 p.m.

Chief and Advisor, Courts Program, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada

In 1998, 29% of guilty cases were sentenced to custody--that's either opened or closed custody--and that declined, up until the introduction of the YCJA, down to approximately 22%. For the first year of the YCJA, it was 22%--2003-04--and it's now 15%.

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