Public Safety committee  It would, if he were getting help and it works. It all starts with the need for him to want to do it as well. It's not just—

Public Safety committee  Yes, it would help.

Public Safety committee  I don't know right now. At Whitehorse it could be a couple of weeks or a couple of months; I'm not sure. We have a lot of remand inmates who are only there awaiting their court cases. There are a lot of short-term people there. We have people who are in on Monday and out on Frida

Public Safety committee  It's about three and a half years.

Public Safety committee  It has decreased. When I first started there, we were getting calls quite often to go and break up fights. We have had arsons, fires. We work four days on and four off, and I went through a four-day set when every day there was something, whether it was a fire, an attempted suici

Public Safety committee  Yes, that would be a common theme for territorial and provincial institutions.

Public Safety committee  They do have accounts, yes. People can put money into their accounts and they can spend it on the canteen or whatever they need. So yes, they do have money.

Public Safety committee  No, in our situation in Whitehorse, we don't believe so.

Public Safety committee  A fellow named Mark.

Public Safety committee  He's a staff member.

Public Safety committee  Yes, staff run the canteen.

Public Safety committee  No, it's not inmates.

Public Safety committee  Keep drugs and alcohol and all that out of the prisons. If people are not intoxicated, they make more helpful choices. Their thinking capacity is a lot better. They make proper choices. I mean, most of these guys are very respectful toward officers--in our situation, anyway, in

Public Safety committee  Yes. I mean, if there's no demand, there's no need for supply.

Public Safety committee  I just have to reflect what Mr. Putnam said: better and more effective programs and having inmates who buy into them and want to do them. That would be the biggest change and the best start.