Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Harris. I'd like to remind you that crystal balls don't exist. All prisoners, whoever they are, whatever the nature of the offence, are all going to be released conditionally into the community. It's only a matter of time. Now, it is all well and good to set up pr

Public Safety committee  Every time there's an incident in the Correctional Service, we look to punish people at the bottom instead of looking to the top of the pyramid. A report, whatever it is, has multiple signatures. There's the signature of the officer in charge of the file. A quality control is do

Public Safety committee  Sir, I will answer very clearly. There is a lot of waste within the Correctional Service. There are two major groups of professionals that we should pay close attention to. We should double the number of parole officers in the institutions and quadruple the number of parole offic

Public Safety committee  It's okay, no problem. It will come back.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the committee.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. It's just for a short presentation.

Public Safety committee  First, I would like to introduce myself, which will help members better focus their questions. I have a doctorate in criminology and worked for 27 years with the Correctional Service of Canada, including 15 years in five different penitentiaries as a parole officer and acting cl