Public Safety committee  It's much easier. We can have a relationship with universities and we can have students come in to do their internships. So yes, it's easier.

Public Safety committee  The problem we do have is that when you go back into the community you are confronted with all the stressors, which has a huge impact on people with mental health problems. There is a link with the motivation, the treatment adherence, the acceptance of the illness. Sometimes they don't understand what we do expect from them.

Public Safety committee  We're going to have a new way of dealing with correctional programming. We're going to work with domains. We'll have an integrated approach to correctional programming that will be more efficient. Right now there is overlap in our programs, so we will have a more integrated approach that is domain-focused.

Public Safety committee  I would need to go back to the statistics we do have. Do you now want to know if offenders with mental health issues will be more inclined to recidivism? Is this what you want to know?

Public Safety committee  Yes, because they are never cured. We need to do the follow-up. It's a lifetime project for them. This is why we need to build stronger links with the provincial mental health agencies and resources, because at the end of the mandate they're going to need this support from the mental health agency.

Public Safety committee  It has been in existence since January 2000.

Public Safety committee  We're still working on the paper for the mental health file, but CSC is working on this and moving forward to having something electronic. That's going to solve sharing of information, tracking, and continuum of care, but we're not there yet. It's quite complicated because we need a huge software.

Public Safety committee  Yes, we have some statistics. Part of our population does come back inside, behind bars, so we know about them. But most of them do not come back, and we don't have statistics on them. But in fact, yes, we can find numbers for you.

Public Safety committee  We don't have those numbers with us, but in fact, yes, we do keep statistics on long-term success--five years, ten years. Are you talking about relapse, and whether they go back to substance abuse?

Public Safety committee  Do you mean statistics on from the time after they finish the program until the end of the sentence, whether or not they go back to substance abuse? Do you want to know about that?

Public Safety committee  Do you want to know about maintenance?