Generally, those acute medical problems will be more common within the provincial remand centres. There may be a little of that, of people at first point of sentence who've been on bail in the community entering federal corrections directly, but that will be a relatively small number and it's for a relatively short period of time. That sort of acute medical withdrawal is an hours-to-days’ problem in a year’s sentence. It's a relatively short area and not specifically one in need of major focus, though clearly acute alcohol or drug withdrawal can be a significant medical emergency. So there have to be good medical care facilities available to detect that straight away.
On October 18th, 2011. See this statement in context.