I find it interesting, because it seems to be as a direct result of this review that Millhaven Institution implemented this strategy to achieve a less restrictive environment for offenders that led to the reversal of the decision back in June 2022, which had previously said that Mr. Bernardo had not integrated and that there was a risk to him in the prison. However, because of this strategy to achieve a less restrictive environment—and those are their exact words, “less restrictive environment”—he was then able to integrate and thus was able to be reclassified under a medium-security classification.
I also find it interesting that during that time there was a meeting with the Office of the Correctional Investigator, and the Office of the Correctional Investigator seemed to have some sort of intervention between July 2022 and November 2022, when the actual decision on the reclassification was made. It seems that the Office of the Correctional Investigator was working to try to speed up the process to achieve this reclassification.
Is that something you think happened that you have noticed happening often in our institutions?