Thank you.
Mr. Sapers, I would say from the testimony we've heard on providing needles for inmates that there is not at all a consensus that it would be a positive move. In fact, of all the testimony that we've heard.... We've heard a couple of times from Commissioner Head, and we've heard from front-line correctional officers dealing on a daily basis with drugs and drug activity in prisons, and we've heard from counsellors. We've heard from parents, and a man whose son committed suicide.
There was only one group, the HIV/AIDS Legal Network, that may be an expert in certain areas. I'm not sure if they would be in regard to criminal activity using needles in prisons. They were the only group that suggested that; inmates didn't want them.
So there certainly was not a consensus at all.
Mr. Sapers, do you believe that correctional facilities are inherently dangerous places or safe places?