Public Safety committee  It is an obstacle in some circumstances, yes. I mentioned that some do hire with an awareness of the record. In many cases, I think people will look at the inmates' past as a concern. Our hope and our experience with some of the programs is that we see that many inmates do change

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I'm aware of some outside clinics where needles are used for that purpose, yes.

Public Safety committee  It's through outside agencies. I apologize, I don't know the exact name, but it's a linen certification group. I believe it's through a community college.

Public Safety committee  It is an obstacle. Often your résumé carries with it what you were doing for the last two or three or four years. But as Mr. Wheeler and others mentioned, with some of the activities we've undertaken with community employment counsellors and some of the partnerships we've formed,

Public Safety committee  Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  I'll give maybe a quick overview, as you mention. With the aboriginal population, we do find cultural and background areas that need to be contextualized and considered. For example, inmates who may have been reared in a traditional hunting and fishing type of a village, or inma

Public Safety committee  I think you're always going to have some elements of that. Some people will take it. Our staff, our parole officer group, are highly trained at assessing levels of motivation, and have continued dialogue with inmates throughout their whole tenure of their process. To go back t

Public Safety committee  Yes, there are a couple of things. In the earlier starts at intake, assessments are made relative to the properties that may be associated with drug use or drug activity. In our case-management processes we look at utilization of substance abuse, associates...that ties into the

Public Safety committee  I don't believe that document would actually refer to those who had taken programs of substance abuse, exactly. If you're talking about general admission rates, there have been some increases and some warrant of a committal. Again, it needs to be contextualized relative to the ac

Public Safety committee  There's a comprehensive medical assessment done. There isn't an automatic blood test to test for opiate use at intake. There is a urinalysis program that is random. Basically, if your name comes up, you will be tested randomly. We also have--

Public Safety committee  No, there's a random urinalysis test if your name comes up. It's random. It's not compulsory to have urinalysis testing upon admission.

Public Safety committee  There would be proof. As I mentioned before, that would go into the medical community. They would do all the requisite tests to determine the need, the dosage, and all those particular elements.

Public Safety committee  No, not at all.

Public Safety committee  In the program area, sure we could.