Public Safety committee  No, they are not.

Public Safety committee  These are harm reduction programs that have been implemented. In terms of the prison needle exchange program—

Public Safety committee  In terms of the prison needle—

Public Safety committee  That was also in the public domain.

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  No, I cannot confirm that information.

Public Safety committee  I can also not confirm that information.

Public Safety committee  Well, that's in the public domain right now.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  For us, obviously, we take into consideration the protection of the public, our staff and our institutions. We also work with victims and provide them with information. We have 8,000 registered victims. That amounts to approximately 40,000 contacts per year.

Public Safety committee  Very quickly, over 95% of the inmates in maximum security are inmates whose behaviour we cannot control other than in that environment. As I said, they assault staff. They assault other inmates. They traffic drugs. They need a high degree of control and supervision. Paul Bernard

Public Safety committee  Yes, he's at medium, but there are offenders who never get to minimum security.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. It's a very challenging environment. However, as I said, maximum security institutions are for those whose behaviour cannot be controlled elsewhere.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. We work with the offenders through programs, interventions and services. The goal is always that they can acquire certain skills and move to, let's say, medium. A lot of inmates in maximum security are serving determinate sentences and are going to be released. We w

Public Safety committee  Yes.