There's a bit of a lack of data in terms of the percentage of the inmate population with mental health illnesses. What we do know, based on the data we have, is that over the last decade that number has doubled. There's a more specific definition with respect to how you define mental illnesses. It can be very narrowly defined or broadly defined.
Because there is not such a clear definition, there's certainly recognition that, given that the numbers have increased so dramatically, the services provided to those inmates have not matched that increase over the last decade. My office certainly believes that too many offenders do not receive the appropriate level of care they deserve to manage their illnesses. That's true in regional treatment centres, but even more so in institutions where many of those suffering from mental illnesses do not get the appropriate level of care.
We've been calling for intermediate care units, and just to give you a bit of an idea of what the concept is, it's to have in the institution a unit that provides a therapeutic environment staffed with health care professionals such as psychiatric nurses and psychologists who can monitor and provide support to many offenders, who, again, do not meet the criteria for the regional treatment centre, yet deserve a good follow-up. We have a lot of people who self-injure. Those people can certainly have very high needs and are not necessarily certifiable or in acute phase, but they need some support. Those intermediate units or therapeutic environments would go a long way to address their needs.