Maybe I can give a little bit of a quick perspective on that. At the regional treatment centres—there are five of them across the country—the bed space is equal to about 5% or 6% of the population. The Correctional Service of Canada, when it did its own census, estimated that this is enough for about 50% of folks who would meet the definition of a diagnosed, significant mental illness. So if they have 600 beds, they should have 1,200 immediately just to meet the needs of those folks with significant, diagnosed mental illness. They are not necessarily certifiable, but they have significant, acute mental illness and could get the benefit of a hospital setting to deal with or stabilize that mental illness.
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