Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for appearing before the committee.
I took some notes from the Auditor General's report on systemic racism within Correctional Service Canada. We know that for every offender who's admitted into custody, corrections staff are to use the custody rating scale to determine the offender's security level. We found that corrections staff had actually overridden the results recommended by the custody rating scale in 30% of all the security assessments, with half of them being for a higher level of security and half of them being for a lower level of security.
First of all, the allegation that there's a soft on crime approach is a bit ridiculous. However, my question is this: What would lead corrections staff to override the security rating scale?
Anyone can take this.