Public Safety committee  They are several. They are very much aligned with our overall transformation agenda. The first priority is about ensuring we have safe and secure institutions across the country. If we do not have safe and secure environments in which the staff can work and in which offenders c

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

Public Safety committee  I can give you the success rate for the offenders who complete the programs. For the substance abuse programs we have a successful completion rate of between 70% and 74%. For us that is relatively high. The model we use for substance abuse programming--

Public Safety committee  We can provide you with some of the research materials on the efficacy of the program itself. We know for a fact that individuals who go through substance abuse treatment have a much higher rate of being successful once they are released into the community than those who do not.

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'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  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  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  Let me address your math. One of the things we have, of course, is the issue of time. Because the average sentence length is just over four years, we have a certain period of time in which to address the needs of offenders. We don't have to address 22,000 individuals every year.