Public Safety committee  Some of them, yes, but in comparison to our male offender population, they haven't been through the provincial system as much as the male offender population has.

Public Safety committee  For women, no, they're not. Most women actually are serving their first federal sentence, 53% of them for a violent offence. But on average, for most women, it's their first time in the federal system.

Public Safety committee  Thank you.

Public Safety committee  I think so. I'll try. They are very much a challenge, and there are very few of them, which makes it even more difficult to come up with some concrete ideas. One of the major problems we have is the actual structure itself. I would include infrastructure, and I would talk abou

Public Safety committee  Yes, you're right, but we also have to think that whatever we build on in terms of an incarceration period will have to be supported once that person leaves. It's no good doing one thing in one end of the system and not having the ability to then support that on the outside when

Public Safety committee  I'm not going to speak on behalf of all staff, but I'm sure a significant number of them would raise some concern about needles or any other sharp and pointy thing.

Public Safety committee  You might be exaggerating as to all of them having suffered trauma, but there are certainly many more incidents of women who have suffered physical abuse, mental abuse, or sexual abuse at some point in time before becoming inmates. It is even higher when you look at the aborigina

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure I have that with me. I can check, but I would say it's somewhere around 70 percent. I can find out for you, but I don't have it.

Public Safety committee  We have a number of programs they can take. The new “Spirit of a Warrior” program, which was actually developed by the Native Counselling Services of Alberta, certainly has a component to address that aspect, because it is more of a holistic program. We also have counselling and

Public Safety committee  That is generally. For the women, you haven't been to one of our facilities where there are structured living environments, which is very much seen as a Cadillac model for an intermediate care facility. It has been recognized internationally. It was recognized by the Glube repo

Public Safety committee  No, there is one in every single regional facility, other than Okimaw Ohci. It's a house. It is staffed 24/7. It's been set up a little differently.

Public Safety committee  There are 40 beds in total across the country. For five institutions, there are eight beds in each one.

Public Safety committee  I'll start, and I'll let the experts finish. The mental health file is certainly a huge challenge. Intermediate care is the bigger challenge. I think we are getting better at it. We have received funding to get better at it over the past couple of years. Part of the problem ha

Public Safety committee  There are 492 today.

Public Safety committee  Yes, it is.