Public Safety committee  Yes. That's our view. I think the suggestion from the review panel was in terms of the framework, because the current legislative framework puts 100% of the onus on the Correctional Service of Canada. It's just not clear to offenders that there's a role for them to play. A legis

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  It's an absolute continuum. It goes from the point of assessment to the planning, the availability of programs, access to the programs, the right level of infrastructure, and the ongoing support. Without all elements--

Public Safety committee  Very much so. We'll provide that to the committee.

Public Safety committee  On any given day, we have about 13,500 incarcerated and just over 8,000 in the community under our supervision. That's around 22,000 under federal responsibility. The number you're citing sounds like a provincial number.

Public Safety committee  Yes, 22,000 under federal responsibility.

Public Safety committee  We're projecting increases based on what we would call normal growth. We are projecting about a 0.5% increase on the men's side. On the women's side, it looks as if the increase could be as high as 2% or 3%. We've done our projections in relation to what we commonly refer to as B

Public Safety committee  Yes, we expect some growth based on legislation.

Public Safety committee  The four out of five is the number for substance abuse problems.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for the question. It's a combination of several things. As I mentioned briefly earlier, about 20% of the offender population absolutely refuse outright to participate in programs. These individuals have become a significant challenge for us. Th

Public Safety committee  That's right. Again using the scenario of the two offenders, both will enjoy the same privileges throughout their sentence. Although those who participate in programs may move through the system and down to lower levels of security more quickly—or just may move, period—the rest o

Public Safety committee  I'll answer that question, but I have just a quick point of clarification. For the roughly four out of five offenders who have substance abuse problems, it's as general as that; it doesn't mean that they all have serious substance abuse problems. That phrase has been used sever

Public Safety committee  I'm just clarifying that it is a serious problem. There are serious cases within that 80%, but not all 80% have a serious drug problem. That's why, when we deliver our programs, they range between low-intensity, moderate-intensity, and high-intensity programs. That's an important

Public Safety committee  Yes. In terms of the first point that you raised around segregation, you're absolutely right, the correctional investigator pointed that out in his testimony to this committee. One of the problems we've always had in corrections is that when individuals act out, our first respo

Public Safety committee  I don't have that number. We could do some research on the cases where we've sent offenders to specialized treatment programs. They're usually cases where offenders have been released on conditional release or in preparation for release to the point of warrant expiry. As was po