Public Safety committee  In the correctional environment, there is no question about looking at what contributes to public safety results, which is the second part of our mandate, of course: the rehabilitative aspects of inmates. Through the program development process, what occurred was a strong emphasi

Public Safety committee  Yes, there's a little bit of that, yes.

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure. I've never, of course, taken it, but I would say that it lessens the addictive capability. I guess probably the example I could give is that if you take a nicotine patch, it at least reduces some of the elements of the addictive properties. You don't have inmates wa

Public Safety committee  Again, as I mentioned before, there are prioritizations we make. I can't guarantee that they will get it in a shortened period of time. As I mentioned, some of the programs we're looking at, especially for substance abuse, are for efficiencies to get them closer to getting treatm

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I have the numbers who are participating. I believe it's about 750 inmates. I can confirm that in a couple of minutes.

Public Safety committee  It's a small percentage in the overall numbers of the population.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I think part of this question relates to how many are out there who are addicted and who could be participating.

Public Safety committee  For the methadone program, there are no wait lists associated with it. For some of the programs we mentioned before, there are wait lists. We don't use that terminology in its purest form; basically we look at this for planning for the best intervention levels we could have. Ther

Public Safety committee  I don't know the exact number, but I can tell you all the things that go on to encourage and motivate. The fact that we have participation is really good, from my perspective, from a correctional perspective. Sometimes inmates don't like to acknowledge that there is an addictive

Public Safety committee  Without doubt an influx of resources that continues in the program area would be beneficial. We have invested close to $47 million in programming in the last couple of years through some program strategic reinvestment opportunities we have undertaken. I mentioned earlier to one

Public Safety committee  There is another type of a drug, and the name escapes me. It starts with an s, and it is another opiate. It's taken through a pill form. If you give me a minute, I can--

Public Safety committee  Yes, thank you. One of the other changes in employment skills development that we instituted at the Frontenac Institution was the development of a laundry service. There actually is a linen certification program that is associated with this particular program that is offered fo

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's a large part of it--a lot of it.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. That's a very complex and wide question. I would make just a couple of quick comments. As you've heard from testimony before, a large percentage of our inmates come with substance abuse, difficulties close to 80%, and I think you've seen testimony where in some cases