Public Safety committee  You asked me a three-part question, so I'll have to get you to repeat the last two afterwards. I just want to make sure I understand them. In terms of training for the ion scan use, Smiths Detection provides Correctional Service of Canada staff with “train the trainer” training,

Public Safety committee  Just to reiterate, 99% of all of our visits coming into the institution are approved and allowed, and that may or may not involve the use of the ion scan. In terms of conducting a threat risk assessment, there's a series of checks and balances in the document that need to be foll

Public Safety committee  A positive test on an ion scan or a positive urinalysis is captured in our offender management system. That forms part of the inmate's file. It needs to in terms of our assessing that offender's compliance with his programming and his risk to reoffend in the community once releas

Public Safety committee  Let's say a visitor comes in and they're provided with assigned seating based on a test. The next visit, if the visitor comes in and the ion scan indicates negative, they will proceed in and have a regular visit. In subsequent visits, if the visitor comes in and there's another p

Public Safety committee  No, each result of the ion scan is a printout. Then it's recorded in the threat risk assessment for that individual inmate.

Public Safety committee  Again, if the ion scan is used and there's a hit and the results are below the threshold, then the visit proceeds without any kind of threat risk assessment. If the ion scan is used and the visitor hits above the threshold, then that generates the TRA process. That information is

Public Safety committee  We use it on volunteers, and we use it on contractors as well.

Public Safety committee  No, we didn't.

Public Safety committee  Prices range between institutions. In terms of my background and your constituents, I have 10 years of front-line experience working in the institutions. Currently, I'm a substantive deputy at one of the prisons near Kingston. I've worked in male and female institutions. It's a

Public Safety committee  Yes, precisely.

Public Safety committee  It ranges for the institution and region.... Depending on what the interest is at the institution, yes.

Public Safety committee  Again, it would be the subculture. It's not just what's in the institution. It's also the inmate's access to telephone banking and Internet banking through their family or their community contacts. There are many ways to conduct business outside of a prison. Just because you're i

Public Safety committee  It's been since the early 2000s. I don't have the exact date.

Public Safety committee  Programs are constantly being revised and upgraded. Our current program is a comprehensive integrated correctional program model. It's active, our participants are there. Ultimately, you would have to look at the recidivism rate of our offenders being released, and then their suc

Public Safety committee  They are.