Iqwinder Gaheer at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On November 27th, 2023. See this statement in context.

November 27th, 2023 / 12:10 p.m.

Liberal

Iqwinder Gaheer Liberal Mississauga—Malton, ON

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you to all the witnesses for making time to appear before the committee.

My questions are for Commissioner Kelly.

I want to talk about the custody rating scale. At our last meeting, I cited the 2022 Auditor General report that focused on systemic barriers in corrections. In that report, the AG actually noted:

For each offender admitted into custody, corrections staff are to assess the Custody Rating Scale’s result to determine an offender’s security level.

The AG found that corrections staff had overwritten the results recommended by that scale for 30% of all security assessments, with almost half moved to a higher level of security. Why would there be manual overrides in 30% of the cases?

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