Public Safety committee  To add to the things that are already in place for detecting drugs or contraband, I would like to add that hopefully everybody knows that post visit all of the inmates leaving the room are strip-searched.

Public Safety committee  Yes, even with the ion scanner, you still have to be searched by the dog.

Public Safety committee  Every time I went in, it was—

Public Safety committee  There is the dog and, as Stacey has said, if you have an ethical, reliable handler that the dog doesn't react to or take cues from, then the dogs are considered more reliable than the ion scanner. There is the X-ray machine that you put all of your belongings through, your purse,

Public Safety committee  Yes, it was quite devastating for all three of us. I tested positive on the day we went in. I had my grandson with me and was cleared to bring my grandson in to visit his father. We ended up getting a closed visit. I won't go into it, because it's like PTSD: just talking about it

Public Safety committee  No. My grandson said to his father when we were leaving, “Daddy, I won't be able to give you a hug.” Just that comment.... My son was devastated. My grandson cried all the way home. We were four hours away, so you can imagine what kind of journey I had that day. My grandson has r

Public Safety committee  No.

Public Safety committee  It's so hard. I'm an ex-smoker myself. My son is in there. He's a non-smoker and he's so happy that nobody is allowed to smoke, but I would suggest that to expect somebody who maybe has smoked since they were 12 or 13 years old, maybe 20-some years, to stop cold turkey would be v

Public Safety committee  Yes, absolutely.

Public Safety committee  I saw one gentleman very stupidly put his cigarettes in the locker, and he was escorted out by the OPP.

Public Safety committee  I would say that the device is effective in picking up very small particles of illicit drugs. It is not effective in picking up whether or not the person is actually smuggling contraband. The human aspect is something different. There may need to be more training on that, but t

Public Safety committee  I was told that when the review started I would be contacted for input. So far, I have not been contacted—

Public Safety committee  —and this is November 2017.

Public Safety committee  As somebody mentioned, after you hit positive, your file goes to the visits review board. As far as I know, no documentation or statistics are kept by CSC about false positives.

Public Safety committee  No. After you hit positive, you have five days to contact the person on the back of the sheet, which is usually the visitor manager, and give your side of the story, and it's basically the same question: why do you think you hit positive? Actually, all the compulsive behaviours t