Joyce Murray at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On October 6th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 6th, 2011 / 12:05 p.m.

Liberal

Joyce Murray Liberal Vancouver Quadra, BC

Thank you for presenting here at the committee.

I'm new to this committee, so you'll have to bear with my questions as I try to understand the issue this study is about. One of the previous questioners talked about numbers of people in prison. I know that the statistic of 200% of capacity is being used to describe prisons in British Columbia.

Can you tell me how prison overcrowding impacts the goals of this study, essentially meaning rehabilitation, safety of correctional officers, and crime within institutions?

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