Public Accounts committee  No, not really. If the mandatory minimum is what you're referring to for certain crimes, those who come to federal corrections are serving two years or over—

Public Accounts committee  We have what we call our integrated correctional program model and a number of streams. Some are for aboriginal-specific delivery: One is called a multi-target program, and one is directed towards sex offenders. In general, for all offenders, we have a multi-target program and on

Public Accounts committee  Not specifically number 35, but I'm well aware of some of the recommendations, and—

Public Accounts committee  Yes. The timelines on the validation exercise on Black men.... There aren't enough Black women in custody to actually do a validation study. We only have 19 in the whole country. We have a substantial number of Black men. We've downloaded data. We're working with external experts

Public Accounts committee  That's right.

Public Accounts committee  We're only looking at one tool, the custody rating scale specifically for Black men, a validation study. We're looking at the entire process for indigenous women.

Public Accounts committee  That's not necessarily the case. It means there could be other reasons for overriding the scale. For example, it's an initial placement. One needs to realize that, upon admission, they might not have a lot of criminal history, but there could be factors that might raise the sec

Public Accounts committee  It can be, but again it's one tool and not all tools are perfect. We have a concordance rate of around 75%, which is pretty accurate. It's a good benchmark, and you need to anchor your assessments, which are highly professionally based, on something that's objective and individua

Public Accounts committee  Yes, actually we have observed that in the last year. It has come down quite a bit. It's closer to 25%.

Public Accounts committee  There are a couple of ways to answer that. First and foremost, we do staff surveys. We've done them in the past. We also work closely with our frontline service providers to ensure that they have good comprehension, good understanding, of the core program components they're deliv

Public Accounts committee  Of course, measuring recidivism is an important performance metric in any criminal justice system. When they're under our federal supervision, or under our jurisdiction, we know if they've come back and what kinds of offences they have committed out in the provinces and territori

Public Accounts committee  That's right. We also split it out, in terms of those who are coming back for technical violations of their conditions, as well as reoffence. They're all on the decline.

Public Accounts committee  As Commissioner Kelly mentioned, we are engaging in joint projects with Stats Canada and Public Safety Canada, looking at reconviction rates post-federal custody. One of the difficulties is that having access to that data and routinely reporting requires some effort. We're lookin