Public Safety committee  It probably would be better to have me come back in order to go into it, because once I get going, I probably won't be able to stop. We are in the early stages of formulating a strategy, and I would love to share the information we've gathered.

Public Safety committee  Yes, on both fronts. This is a challenge for us, and this is something we're working to rectify. The problem we encounter at times with some individuals with mental health problems is that when they act up as a result of a mental health problem, their behaviour is such that we h

Public Safety committee  Yes. I think you'll see as we go forward that we've made a lot of changes and also have a lot of things under consideration right now, and there are things feeding into the review by the justice minister.

Public Safety committee  I'll never turn down an offer of money in my organization.

Public Safety committee  There is no question.... As I mentioned in my opening comments, at the present level, any further cuts in our organization will have impacts on the public safety results that we're supposed to provide. On funding for additional mental health capacity, I still would argue that I

Public Safety committee  I think there are a couple of things to note here. First, this is an area we've been looking at very closely for the last several years in terms of how “administrative segregation”—the term that's used in the legislation—is used. People call it “solitary confinement” or use oth

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. The percentage is very small. Those are individuals that we refer to under the legislation as individuals who are detained. It's less than 5% of the population that is detained. Under the process that is required to do that, we have to present information t

Public Safety committee  These are programs that target what are called the criminogenic needs of offenders. This is based on evidence and research that's been done over decades. These programs run anywhere from eight to 16 weeks and target issues such as substance abuse or violence prevention. We have o

Public Safety committee  We have some research reports that talk about the kinds of things that work effectively with aboriginal offenders when they are incarcerated. In terms of the broader systemic issues, criminal justice system issues, we haven't commissioned any reports like that.

Public Safety committee  We're very aware of those numbers. We see them play out in our facilities and community parole offices on a day-to-day basis. There is no question in my mind that just trying to deal with the overrepresentation of indigenous people in correctional facilities is an inadequate so

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Every time I see you now, I'm not sure whether I should be giving testimony or giving a prayer.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee, good day, and thank you for allowing me to be here today. It really is a pleasure. I am pleased to appear before the committee to provide an overview of the Correctional Service of Canada, or CSC, as we refer to it. First I'd l

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. The adjustment you see is actually a technical adjustment. What it is is really a shift in where we account for the spending of resources in relation to psychological services. There's actually no reduction in services. It's an accounting under the su

Justice committee  Yes. We went back and looked over the last three to five years, just as a quick way of getting an approximate. What we found was that it averages out to about one person per year who meets that full definition: abduction, sexual assault, and murder. It averages about one per year

Justice committee  Can I just add something? I just want to make sure that one of the statements you made gets full appreciation. For most of the first-degree life offenders with 25-year parole eligibility, the average amount of time they stay inside with us is about 28 years before they get parol