Public Safety committee  Because when we reviewed his security classification.... For many years, he was in maximum security, because he required a high degree of supervision and because he couldn't integrate with other inmates.

Public Safety committee  The custody rating scale and the security classification scale are tools that assess certain measures. They assess institutional adjustment and security risk. A parole officer, who has specialized training, must then assess the three areas: institutional adjustment, escape risk a

Public Safety committee  I would say yes. First of all, we might need more space at maximum security. Also, at this point, there's no incentive for offenders to participate in rehabilitation programs in terms of maintaining good behaviour. The fact is that we have security classification and we have pro

Public Safety committee  Again, when we look at the security classification and we do the process, we can have inmates who may lack remorse or are psychopaths, but we can still manage their behaviour in a medium-security environment. I think it's important to remember that in a maximum-security environm

Public Safety committee  It's a delicate balance. I can understand. As I said, some of the crimes you mentioned that were committed were unspeakable, unimaginable. Frankly, I don't know what they go through. I can only imagine. The thing is—

Public Safety committee  Again, it's a balance.

Public Safety committee  My understanding is that the minister does not have a role. It's very much an operational decision.

Public Safety committee  The case management team consists of the parole officer and other members, including correctional officers. Correctional officers are assigned a small caseload. France could speak more to this. Every 45 days they have to do a structured casework record. It's a bit of a template.

Public Safety committee  Actually, I was very pleased to hear Mr. Wilkins say that correctional officers would want to be even more involved in the case management process. I can tell you that this is something I'll be discussing with Mr. Wilkins.

Public Safety committee  When we transfer an offender, normally there's information shared among the parole officers from one institution to the other, so they know who they are getting at the other end. That's the way it works.

Public Safety committee  The transfer took place on May 29.

Public Safety committee  There were notifications beginning in February, then again in March and in May. I think this was something that was also mentioned in the press conference.

Public Safety committee  The victims' families were made aware of the transfer on the day of the transfer, in the morning.

Public Safety committee  Again, in terms of offenders, they can request a transfer and/or we have to do the security classification at intervals, and sometimes that will lead to a transfer, so we work with the offender. In terms of the victims, again, we followed what was in the law and the policy. Beca

Public Safety committee  We've set up a multidisciplinary committee to look at how we can further assist victims and at what information we can give them and when. In addition, the review of that specific case showed that this area needs work.