Public Safety committee  Yes. Some have been parole officers or even correctional officers. Some are also from other government departments.

Public Safety committee  We did carry out a systemic investigation of black offenders in Canadian penitentiaries and what came out of that was that yes, there is a need for more culturally adapted ethnocultural programs.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Off the top of my head?

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the confidence you place in me. Mr. Sapers mentioned some of the reasons that an inmate may not be able to complete some of his or her programs. Other reasons may be, as we've heard, really long wait-lists. In another case, if an inmate who has started a program g

Public Safety committee  That's a very good question. We could discuss it at length, but I will limit my comments on the matter. There is certainly a question of culture. Canada has seen a deinstitutionalization of people with mental health issues in the last 30 or 40 years. Unfortunately, this has led

Public Safety committee  I can give you a concrete example. There is a sub-population of women in prisons who self-harm. All too often, if they display self-harming or inappropriate behaviour, they will be placed in confinement. There are other solutions, such as psychological support. They can be tran

Public Safety committee  That is what the office has recommended to the Correctional Service of Canada for a number of years. The idea is to look at those kinds of solutions. The instinct of immediately confining an inmate with a mental illness must not come automatically. Other interventions are possibl

Public Safety committee  Thank you. The Office of the Correctional Investigator was established in 1973 on the recommendation of a commission of inquiry into a bloody, five-day riot at Kingston Penitentiary in April 1971. A main finding of the inquiry centred on the lack of an effective and impartial ou

Public Safety committee  It's under section 234 of the commissioner's directives. Those contain the guidelines of the principles for claims.