Thanks for the question.
To give you the latest breakdown of what we call COMO, the cost of maintaining an offender, at the maximum security level the cost is $150,000 a year, $150,808 to be exact; at medium security, $98,219; in minimum security, $95,038; for women it's $211,093; and for exchange-of-service agreements our average cost is $89,800. That is for when we enter into agreements with the provinces. So an average annual cost for housing in a federal penitentiary facility is $113,974.
Based on what I've seen from the Parliamentary Budget Officer and a subsequent discussion with him, he has included capital costs, which we would not include. I think he's taken into account in his numbers buildings that we've had in place for 40, 50, or 100 years. I'm not absolutely sure, but based on some of the numbers we've seen and analyzed, that appears to be the case.