Public Safety committee  Here we're talking about a standard voluntary transfer, which requires a recommendation from the case management team. In one of the most common situations, an inmate may wish to have access to services in the language of his choice. For example, an anglophone may want to leave Quebec because there aren't enough English-language services, or vice versa for a francophone.

Public Safety committee  At the start of the sentence, it's actually the parole officer's role to gather the relevant information, use the information at his disposal, ensure that the file is complete, use the custody rating scale and make a final recommendation to institution management regarding the inmate's security level.

Public Safety committee  Recently sentenced offenders are transferred from court to a Correctional Service of Canada assessment unit, where they undergo the intake assessment process. At that stage, CSC officers gather all available information on the offender and use the tool you just referred to, the custody rating scale.

Public Safety committee  Would you please repeat the question? I honestly thought you had put it to Mr. Sandelli, so I may have missed a few details.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll start us off. First, I want to say hello to the members of the committee and to thank them for this invitation to speak on behalf of the Union of Safety and Justice Employees. USJE has approximately 18,000 members, a large percentage of whom work for the Correctional Service of Canada.