Mr. Speaker, when we are dealing with repeat offenders who recommit offences over and over again, quite often we are dealing with a very small proportion of the members of the young offenders group who commit these offences.
Of course there is a need for rehabilitation. Quite often the reason they are committing these offences is that there is nothing for them in the institutions in their provinces that prevents them from doing it or rehabilitates them in any way. If nothing is done the only problem and the reason they recommit and get caught is that they were not trained well enough the second time. They are out, caught again, go in again and recommit. That is the problem we have.
Of course people do not want to be just in jail. They do not want to be just in jail for the sake of being incarcerated. That is not what they want, but they have not learned a different way of life. We have to realize this and become realistic in this direction.