Thank you.
It's sometimes of benefit to add a little bit of humour to these instances, if this weren't such a serious issue. I was looking at some of the pictures you sent along on how drugs enter our prisons. I saw a loaf of bread and it reminded me of the cartoon where people smuggle a file into jail so they can get out. So it doesn't surprise me. I imagine there are even cakes with drugs in them.
Some of my questions emanate from our visit yesterday to Joyceville. My question to one of the inmate representatives was whether drugs in a prison made prison safer for inmates. He indicated that a drug-free prison would be safer for inmates.
You left some things out of your statement, which is understandable. But some of the advocates on behalf of people who are in our prisons indicate that 70% of the drugs are brought in by staff. Of course, I'd like you to comment on that. You mentioned who was bringing the drugs into prisons, but I'd like you to elaborate on that.
Mr. Thompson, perhaps you can talk about the methods by which drugs have come into your institution that may differ from others. Or do they follow the same pattern?
Then you alluded to drugs, gangs, and violence. This government has invested quite heavily in funding drug interdiction in prisons, so I'd also like you to comment on the difference in the situation before and after that infusion of resources into drug interdiction.
You have a lot to chew on there.