Thank you, Chair.
I would like to thank the witnesses for appearing here today. Thank you for giving us your time and your expertise.
As part of the preamble to my question, I just want to let you know that we're not fixated on the number of inmates. What we're fixated on is making sure we're providing the best mental health and addiction services we can to inmates.
On that point, I would like to make a comment on page ten of your report. The statistics, as I read them, are quite impressive. They're quite impressive in terms of the outcomes and the results you're having with the continuum of care you outline. I'll just refer to page seven of your report, which talks about the teams of people involved: nurses, behavioural counsellors, parole officers, psychologists, and correctional officers who review the cases every two weeks. These teams are to be commended because of the results showing up.
My question has more to do with what more we can do. That's what we're here to study. What more can we do to have successful outcomes? I guess it's a two-part question in one way. Having been involved in my community with mental health issues, on balance I think the services we're providing to reintegrate people into the community, compared to the population with mental health issues who aren't criminal offenders.... We're doing a fantastic job in a comparative situation.
Do you ever compare the outcomes of people who have committed crimes and are reintegrated to those with mental health issues and successful outcomes in the community?