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 SECTION 4  OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

 4.1 Additional Data on Correctional Results

Complaints and Grievances

Upheld Inmate Health Care-Related Complaints and Grievances

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Complaints	268	226	248	252	271
Institutional Level Grievances	40	32	27	37	56
Regional Level Grievances	17	16	24	17	20
National Level Grievances	15	4	9	13	10
Institutional Flowthrough	18,534	18,624	19,040	19,569	20,021
Total	340	278	308	319	357
Rate	1.83%	1.49%	1.62%	1.63%	1.78%

Upheld Accommodation-Related Complaints and Grievances

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Complaints	160	181	144	116	162
Institutional Level Grievances	11	20	9	18	24
Regional Level Grievances	3	1	6	9	8
National Level Grievances	2	1	1		1
Institutional Flowthrough	18,534	18,624	19,040	19,569	20,021
Total	176	203	160	143	195
Rate	0.95%	1.09%	0.84%	0.73%	0.97%

Institutional Incidents

Major Institutional Incidents⁶⁷

		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Major Incidents	year	142	89	100	112	112
	3-year average	136	120	110	100	108
Institutional Flowthrough68	year	18,534	18,624	19,040	19,569	20,021
	3-year average	18,567	18,582	18,733	19,078	19,543
Rate	year	0.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%
	3-year average	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%

Staff Assaults (by Inmates)

		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Staff Assaults	year	283	240	289	284	214
	3-year average	347	289	271	271	262
Institutional Staff69	year	11,151	11,114	10,913	12,153	11,841
	3-year average	11,158	11,190	11,059	11,393	11,636
Rate	year	2.5%	2.2%	2.6%	2.3%	1.8%
	3-year average	3.1%	2.6%	2.4%	2.4%	2.3%

 

 

Inmate Assaults (by Inmates)

		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Inmate Assaults	year	446	445	537	538	497
	3-year average	488	470	476	507	524
Institutional Flowthrough	year	18,534	18,624	19,040	19,569	20,021
	3-year average	18,567	18,582	18,733	19,078	19,543
Rate	year	2.4%	2.4%	2.8%	2.7%	2.5%
	3-year average	2.6%	2.5%	2.5%	2.7%	2.7%

Staff Injuries due to Assaults by Inmates

		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Staff Injuries	year	90	67	91	85	45
	3-year average	91.3	82.3	82.7	81.0	73.7
Institutional Staff	year	11,151	11,114	10,913	12,153	11,841
	3-year average	11,158	11,190	11,059	11,393	11,636
Rate	year	0.8%	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	0.4%
	3-year average	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%

Inmate Injuries due to Assaults by Inmates

		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Inmates Injuries	year	423	435	492	498	496
	3-year average	458	447	450	475	495
Institutional Flowthrough	year	18,534	18,624	19,040	19,569	20,021
	3-year average	18,567	18,582	18,733	19,078	19,543
Rate	year	2.3%	2.3%	2.6%	2.5%	2.5%
	3-year average	4.9%	4.8%	4.8%	5.0%	5.1%

Random Urinalysis Test
Positive Results

		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Positive results	year	765	728	764	857	828
	3-year average	748	752	752	783	816
Samples tested	year	5,733	5,932	6,350	6,876	6,290
	3-year average	5,765	5,819	6,005	6,386	6,505
Rate	year	13.3%	12.3%	12.0%	12.5%	13.2%
	3-year average	13.0%	12.9%	12.5%	12.3%	12.6%

Random Urinalysis Test
Refusal Rate

		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Refusals	year	835	804	893	836	861
	3-year average	917	856	844	844	863
Samples requested	year	6,655	6,831	7,412	7,940	7,613
	3-year average	6,778	6,769	6,966	7,394	7,655
Rate	year	12.5%	11.8%	12.0%	10.5%	11.3%
	3-year average	13.5%	12.6%	12.1%	11.4%	11.3%

Re-Offending Data

Section 1 presented summarized results of various measurement strategies on rates of violent and non-violent re-offending convictions during community supervision and post-sentence completion (2 years and 5 years). The following tables provide a comprehensive statistical account for the same period.

Under Supervision

Offenders charged while on Supervision⁷⁰

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
All Charges	year	670	623	672	707	750
	3-year average	616	643	655	667	710
Release Flowthrough	year	16,376	16,158	16,144	16,354	16,358
	3-year average	16,651	16,380	16,226	16,219	16,285
Rate	year	4.1%	3.9%	4.2%	4.3%	4.6%
	3-year average	3.7%	3.9%	4.0%	4.1%	4.4%

Re-Offending with Any Conviction while on Supervision⁷¹

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
All Convictions	year	1,163	1,095	1,108	1,091	1,146
	3-year average	1,230	1,146	1,122	1,098	1,115
Release Flowthrough	year	16,376	16,158	16,144	16,354	16,358
	3-year average	16,651	16,380	16,226	16,219	16,285
Rate	year	7.1%	6.8%	6.9%	6.7%	7.0%
	3-year average	7.4%	7.0%	6.9%	6.8%	6.8%

Offenders charged while on Supervision⁷²

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
All Charges	year	223	188	211	184	213
	3-year average	200	204	207	194	203
Release Flowthrough	year	16,376	16,158	16,144	16,354	16,358
	3-year average	16,651	16,380	16,226	16,219	16,285
Rate	year	1.4%	1.2%	1.3%	1.1%	1.3%
	3-year average	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.2%	1.2%

Re-Offending with a Violent Conviction while on Supervision⁷³

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Violent Convictions	year	251	249	238	200	209
	3-year average	262	250	246	229	216
Release Flowthrough	year	16,376	16,158	16,144	16,354	16,358
	3-year average	16,651	16,380	16,226	16,219	16,285
Rate	year	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%	1.2%	1.3%
	3-year average	1.6%	1.5%	1.5%	1.4%	1.3%

Re-Offending with Non-violent Conviction while on Supervision⁷⁴

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Non-violent Convictions	year	912	846	870	891	937
	3-year average	967	896	876	869	899
Release Flowthrough	year	16,376	16,158	16,144	16,354	16,358
	3-year average	16,651	16,380	16,226	16,219	16,285
Rate	year	5.6%	5.2%	5.4%	5.4%	5.7%
	3-year average	5.8%	5.5%	5.4%	5.4%	5.5%

Return to Federal Custody within 2 years⁷⁵ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

Return to Federal Custody with Violent Conviction within 2 years⁷⁶ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for violent offence	year	217	232	224	267	265
	3-year average	217	227	224	241	252
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	4,586	4,554	4,420	4,461	4,488
	3-year average	4,475	4,557	4,520	4,478	4,456
Rate	year	4.7%	5.1%	5.1%	6.0%	5.9%
	3-year average	4.8%	5.0%	5.0%	5.4%	5.7%

 

 

Return to Federal Custody with Non-violent Conviction 2 years⁷⁷ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for a non-violent offence	year	203	242	242	222	256
	3-year average	196	214	229	235	240
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	4,586	4,554	4,420	4,461	4,488
	3-year average	4,475	4,557	4,520	4,478	4,456
Rate	year	4.4%	5.3%	5.5%	5.0%	5.7%
	3-year average	4.4%	4.7%	5.1%	5.3%	5.4%

Return to Federal Custody within 5 years⁷⁸ of Warrant Expiry
(End of Sentence)

Return to Federal Custody with Violent Conviction within 5 years⁷⁹ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

		98-99	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03
Re-Admission for violent offence	year	446	370	435	404	433
	3-year average	451	421	417	403	424
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	4,443	4,306	4,532	4,586	4,554
	3-year average	4,533	4,427	4,427	4,475	4,557
Rate	year	10.0%	8.6%	9.6%	8.8%	9.5%
	3-year average	9.9%	9.5%	9.4%	9.0%	9.3%

Return Federal Custody with Non-violent Conviction within 5 years⁸⁰ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

		98-99	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03
Re-Admission for a non-violent offence	year	347	340	366	387	427
	3-year average	357	345	351	364	393
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	4,443	4,306	4,532	4,586	4,554
	3-year average	4,533	4,427	4,427	4,475	4,557
Rate	year	7.8%	7.9%	8.1%	8.4%	9.4%
	3-year average	7.9%	7.8%	7.9%	8.1%	8.6%

Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Offenders: Comparative Data

The following tables present reintegration results for Aboriginal and for non-Aboriginal offenders during community supervision and post-sentence completion (Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence). Summary versions of these tables, showing the gap in results between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders, appear in Section 1.6: Departmental Performance.

Under Supervision

Re-Offending with Any Conviction while on Supervision⁸¹

Aboriginal		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
All Convictions	year	245	229	221	237	246
	3-year average	249	238	232	229	235
Release Flowthrough	year	2,452	2,478	2,561	2,640	2,633
	3-year average	2,516	2,486	2,497	2,560	2,611
Rate	year	10.0%	9.2%	8.6%	9.0%	9.3%
	3-year average	9.9%	9.6%	9.3%	8.9%	9.0%

 

Non-Aboriginal		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
All Convictions	year	918	866	887	854	900
	3-year average	981	908	890	869	880
Release Flowthrough	year	13,924	13,680	13,583	13,714	13,725
	3-year average	14,136	13,894	13,729	13,659	13,674
Rate	year	6.6%	6.3%	6.5%	6.2%	6.6%
	3-year average	6.9%	6.5%	6.5%	6.4%	6.4%

 

 

Re-Offending with Violent Convictions while on Supervision⁸²

Aboriginal		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Violent Convictions	year	50	60	60	49	44
	3-year average	57	57	57	56	51
Release Flowthrough	year	2,452	2,478	2,561	2,640	2,633
	3-year average	2,516	2,486	2,497	2,560	2,611
Rate	year	2.0%	2.4%	2.3%	1.9%	1.7%
	3-year average	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%	2.2%	2.0%

 

Non-Aboriginal		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Violent Convictions	year	201	189	178	151	165
	3-year average	206	193	189	173	165
Release Flowthrough	year	13,924	13,680	13,583	13,714	13,725
	3-year average	14,136	13,894	13,729	13,659	13,674
Rate	year	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%	1.1%	1.2%
	3-year average	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%	1.2%

Re-Offending with Non-violent Conviction while on Supervision⁸³

Aboriginal		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Non-violent Convictions	year	195	169	161	188	202
	3-year average	192	181	175	173	184
Release Flowthrough	year	2,452	2,478	2,561	2,640	2,633
	3-year average	2,516	2,486	2,497	2,560	2,611
Rate	year	8.0%	6.8%	6.3%	7.1%	7.7%
	3-year average	7.6%	7.3%	7.0%	6.7%	7.0%

 

Non-Aboriginal		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Non-violent Convictions	year	717	677	709	703	735
	3-year average	775	715	701	696	716
Release Flowthrough	year	13,924	13,680	13,583	13,714	13,725
	3-year average	14,136	13,894	13,729	13,659	13,674
Rate	year	5.1%	4.9%	5.2%	5.1%	5.4%
	3-year average	5.5%	5.1%	5.1%	5.1%	5.2%

Return to Federal Custody within 2 years⁸⁴ of Warrant Expiry
(End of Sentence)

Return to Federal Custody for Any Conviction within 2 years⁸⁵ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

Aboriginal		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for any type of offence	year	69	97	98	113	113
	3-year average	84	86	88	103	108
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	761	743	719	781	768
	3-year average	747	762	741	748	756
Rate	year	9.1%	13.1%	13.6%	14.5%	14.7%
	3-year average	11.3%	11.3%	11.9%	13.7%	14.3%

 

Non-Aboriginal		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for any type of offence	year	351	377	368	376	408
	3-year average	329	355	365	374	384
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	3,825	3,811	3,701	3,680	3,720
	3-year average	3,727	3,796	3,779	3,731	3,700
Rate	year	9.2%	9.9%	9.9%	10.2%	11.0%
	3-year average	8.8%	9.3%	9.7%	10.0%	10.4%

Return to Federal Custody for Violent Conviction within 2 years⁸⁶ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

Aboriginal		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for a violent offence	year	40	54	59	68	67
	3-year average	50	52	51	60	65
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	761	743	719	781	768
	3-year average	747	762	741	748	756
Rate	year	5.3%	7.3%	8.2%	8.7%	8.7%
	3-year average	6.7%	6.8%	6.9%	8.1%	8.5%

 

Non-Aboriginal		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for a violent offence	year	177	178	165	199	198
	3-year average	166	175	173	181	187
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	3,825	3,811	3,701	3,680	3,720
	3-year average	3,727	3,796	3,779	3,731	3,700
Rate	year	4.6%	4.7%	4.5%	5.4%	5.3%
	3-year average	4.5%	4.6%	4.6%	4.8%	5.1%

 

Return to Federal Custody for Non-violent Conviction within 2 years⁸⁷ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

Aboriginal		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for a non-violent offence	year	29	43	39	45	46
	3-year average	34	35	37	42	43
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	761	743	719	781	768
	3-year average	747	762	741	748	756
Rate	year	3.8%	5.8%	5.4%	5.8%	6.0%
	3-year average	4.5%	4.6%	5.0%	5.7%	5.7%

 

Non-Aboriginal		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for a non-violent offence	year	174	199	203	177	210
	3-year average	163	180	192	193	197
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	3,825	3,811	3,701	3,680	3,720
	3-year average	3,727	3,796	3,779	3,731	3,700
Rate	year	4.5%	5.2%	5.5%	4.8%	5.6%
	3-year average	4.4%	4.7%	5.1%	5.2%	5.3%

Return to Custody within 5 years⁸⁸ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

Return to Federal Custody for Any Conviction within 5 years⁸⁹ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

Aboriginal		98-99	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03
Re-Admission for any type of offence	year	163	144	169	155	175
	3-year average	151	149	159	156	166
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	712	700	781	761	743
	3-year average	635	670	731	747	762
Rate	year	22.9%	20.6%	21.6%	20.4%	23.6%
	3-year average	23.8%	22.4%	21.7%	20.9%	21.9%

 

Non-Aboriginal		98-99	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03
Re-Admission for any type of offence	year	630	566	632	636	685
	3-year average	657	617	609	611	651
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	3,731	3,606	3,751	3,825	3,811
	3-year average	3,898	3,757	3,696	3,727	3,796
Rate	year	16.9%	15.7%	16.8%	16.6%	18.0%
	3-year average	16.9%	16.4%	16.5%	16.4%	17.2%

Return to Federal Custody for Violent Conviction within 5 years⁹⁰ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

Aboriginal		98-99	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03
Re-Admission for violent offence	year	107	83	120	95	105
	3-year average	101	95	103	99	107
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	712	700	781	761	743
	3-year average	635	670	731	747	762
Rate	year	15.0%	11.9%	15.4%	12.5%	14.1%
	3-year average	16.0%	14.2%	14.1%	13.2%	14.0%

 

Non-Aboriginal		98-99	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03
Re-Admission for violent offence	year	339	287	315	309	328
	3-year average	350	326	314	304	317
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	3,731	3,606	3,751	3,825	3,811
	3-year average	3,898	3,757	3,696	3,727	3,796
Rate	year	9.1%	8.0%	8.4%	8.1%	8.6%
	3-year average	9.0%	8.7%	8.5%	8.1%	8.4%

Return to Federal Custody for Non-violent Conviction within 5 years⁹¹ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

Aboriginal		98-99	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03
Re-Admission for a non-violent offence	year	56	61	49	60	70
	3-year average	50	55	55	57	60
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	712	700	781	761	743
	3-year average	635	670	731	747	762
Rate	year	7.9%	8.7%	6.3%	7.9%	9.4%
	3-year average	7.8%	8.2%	7.6%	7.6%	7.9%

 

Non-Aboriginal		98-99	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03
Re-Admission for a non-violent offence	year	291	279	317	327	357
	3-year average	308	290	296	308	334
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	3,731	3,606	3,751	3,825	3,811
	3-year average	3,898	3,757	3,696	3,727	3,796
Rate	year	7.8%	7.7%	8.5%	8.5%	9.4%
	3-year average	7.9%	7.7%	8.0%	8.2%	8.8%

 

 

Mental Health: Comparative Data

Under Supervision

Mental Health Cases
Revocation while on Supervision

		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Revocations	year	445	510	529	657	654
	3-year average	388	445	495	565	613
Release Flowthrough	year	695	806	936	1,069	1,114
	3-year average	528	673	812	937	1,040
Rate	year	64.0%	63.3%	56.5%	61.5%	58.7%
	3-year average	76.1%	67.0%	61.3%	60.4%	58.9%

Mental Health Cases
Offenders charged while on Supervision⁹²

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
All Charges	year	18	36	46	39	55
	3-year average	22	28	33	40	47
Release Flowthrough	year	517	695	806	936	1,069
	3-year average	358	528	673	812	937
Rate	year	3.5%	5.2%	5.7%	4.2%	5.1%
	3-year average	7.3%	5.6%	4.8%	5.0%	5.0%

Mental Health Cases
Re-Offending with Any Conviction while on Supervision⁹³

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
All Convictions	year	46	67	62	56	96
	3-year average	56	57	58	62	71
Release Flowthrough	year	517	695	806	936	1,069
	3-year average	358	528	673	812	937
Rate	year	8.9%	9.6%	7.7%	6.0%	9.0%
	3-year average	19.7%	11.5%	8.7%	7.8%	7.6%

 

Mental Health Cases
Offenders Charged with a Violent offence while on Supervision⁹⁴

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
All Charges	year	7	12	14	14	16
	3-year average	6	8	11	13	15
Release Flowthrough	year	517	695	806	936	1,069
	3-year average	358	528	673	812	937
Rate	year	1.4%	1.7%	1.7%	1.5%	1.5%
	3-year average	1.7%	1.6%	1.6%	1.7%	1.6%

 

Mental Health Cases
Re-Offending with a Violent Conviction while on Supervision⁹⁵

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Violent Convictions	year	9	15	10	13	28
	3-year average	15	13	11	13	17
Release Flowthrough	year	517	695	806	936	1,069
	3-year average	358	528	673	812	937
Rate	year	1.7%	2.2%	1.2%	1.4%	2.6%
	3-year average	5.6%	2.7%	1.7%	1.6%	1.7%

 

Mental Health Cases
Re-Offending with a Non-Violent Conviction while on Supervision⁹⁶

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Violent Convictions	year	37	52	52	43	68
	3-year average	41	44	47	49	54
Release Flowthrough	year	517	695	806	936	1,069
	3-year average	358	528	673	812	937
Rate	year	7.2%	7.4%	6.5%	4.6%	6.4%
	3-year average	14.1%	8.8%	7.0%	6.2%	5.9%

Mental Health Cases
Non-Violent Offenders charged while on Supervision⁹⁷

		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
All Charges	year	11	24	32	25	39
	3-year average	16	20	22	27	32
Release Flowthrough	year	517	695	806	936	1,069
	3-year average	358	528	673	812	937
Rate	year	2.1%	3.5%	4.0%	2.7%	3.6%
	3-year average	5.6%	4.0%	3.2%	3.3%	3.4%

 

Return to Federal Custody within 2 years⁹⁸

Mental Health Cases
Return to Federal Custody with Violent Conviction within 2 years⁹⁹ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for violent offence	year	14	14	24	17	35
	3-year average	11	14	17	18	25
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	218	256	261	300	338
	3-year average	189	218	245	272	300
Rate	year	6.42%	5.47%	9.20%	5.67%	10.36%
	3-year average	5.5%	6.6%	7.0%	6.8%	8.4%

Mental Health Cases
Return to Federal Custody with Non-Violent Conviction within 2 years¹⁰⁰ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for non-violent offence	year	4	14	11	18	22
	3-year average	5	8	10	15	17
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	218	256	261	300	338
	3-year average	189	218	245	272	300
Rate	year	1.9%	5.4%	4.2%	6.0%	6.5%
	3-year average	2.9%	3.3%	3.9%	5.2%	5.6%

 

Mental Health Cases
Return to Federal Custody for New Offence within 2 Years¹⁰¹ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission	year	18	28	35	35	57
	3-year average	16	22	27	33	42
Offenders Reaching WED	year	218	256	261	300	338
	3-year average	189	218	245	272	300
Rate	year	8.3%	10.9%	13.4%	11.7%	16.9%
	3-year average	8.4%	9.9%	10.9%	12.0%	14.0%

 

Mental Health Cases
Return to Federal Custody for New Offence within 2 years¹⁰² of Warrant Expiry
 (End of Sentence)

Men		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission	year	18	25	35	33	55
	3-year average	15	20	26	31	41
Offenders Reaching WED	year	197	237	244	280	310
	3-year average	169	199	226	254	278
Rate	year	9.1%	10.5%	14.3%	11.8%	17.7%
	3-year average	9.0%	10.3%	11.3%	12.2%	14.6%

 

Women		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	04-05
Re-Admission	year	0	3	0	2	2
	3-year average	1	1	1	2	1
Offenders Reaching WED	year	21	19	17	20	28
	3-year average	20	19	19	19	22
Rate	year	0.0%	15.8%	0.0%	10.0%	7.1%
	3-year average	3.5%	7.2%	5.3%	8.6%	5.7%

Men and Women Offenders: Comparative Data

The following tables present reintegration results for men and women offenders during community supervision and post-sentence completion Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence).

Under Supervision

Mental Health Cases
Revocation while on Supervision

Men		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Revocations	year	418	468	483	582	595
	3-year average	357	412	456	511	553
Release Flowthrough	year	640	725	825	946	980
	3-year average	482	611	730	832	917
Rate	year	65%	65%	59%	62%	61%
	3-year average	77%	68%	63%	62%	60%

 

Women		03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08
Revocations	year	27	42	46	75	59
	3-year average	31	33	38	54	60
Release Flowthrough	year	55	81	111	123	134
	3-year average	46	61	82	105	123
Rate	year	49%	52%	41%	61%	44%
	3-year average	70%	54%	47%	51%	49%

Re-Offending with Violent Convictions while on Supervision¹⁰³

Men		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Violent Convictions	year	246	245	235	195	207
	3-year average	258	246	242	225	212
Release Flowthrough	year	15,533	15,334	15,295	15,439	15,438
	3-year average	15,796	15,540	15,387	15,356	15,391
Rate	year	1.6%	1.6%	1.5%	1.3%	1.3%
	3-year average	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	1.5%	1.4%

 

Women		02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07
Violent Convictions	year	5	4	3	5	2
	3-year average	4	4	4	4	3
Release Flowthrough	year	843	824	849	915	920
	3-year average	855	841	839	863	895
Rate	year	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.2%
	3-year average	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%

 

Return to Federal Custody within 2 years¹⁰⁴

Return to Federal Custody for Violent Offence within 2 years¹⁰⁵ of Warrant Expiry (End of Sentence)

Men		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for a violent offence	year	213	227	222	261	258
	3-year average	213	222	221	237	247
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	4,347	4,310	4,179	4,269	4,248
	3-year average	4,252	4,321	4,279	4,253	4,232
Rate	year	4.9%	5.3%	5.3%	6.1%	6.1%
	3-year average	5.0%	5.1%	5.2%	5.6%	5.8%

 

Women		01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Re-Admission for a violent offence	year	4	5	2	6	7
	3-year average	4	4	4	4	5
Offenders Reaching WED for any type of offence	year	239	244	241	192	240
	3-year average	222	236	241	226	224
Rate	year	1.7%	2.0%	0.8%	3.1%	2.9%
	3-year average	1.8%	1.8%	1.5%	2.0%	2.3%

 

 

 4.2 Incident Investigations 

CSC’s investigations process includes national and local investigations of incidents and issues affecting its operations. Investigations into inmate deaths or serious bodily injury are convened under section 19 of the CCRA, at either the national or the local level. CSC’s Commissioner can also convene investigations under section 20 of the CCRA to report on any matter relating to the operations of CSC.

Other than investigations convened under section 19 and section 20 of the CCRA, the Director General, Incident Investigations and heads of operational units may convene investigations under Commissioner’s Directive 041, Incident Reports, to report on incidents and issues affecting CSC’s operations.

During Fiscal Year 2007-2008, CSC convened 89 national investigations, including 32 investigations convened under Section 20 of the CCRA, and 57 Tier II Investigations--either convened under Section 19 of the CCRA (death or serious bodily injury) or under paragraph 18 of Commissioner’s Directive 041.

Section 20 Investigations

Investigation Type	Incident Type	Total
Community	Aggravated Sexual Assault	1
	Death	1
	Hostage Taking, Forcible Confinement, Assault with a Weapon etc.	1
	Murder	5
	Murder and Attempted Murder	1
	Offering an Indignity to a Body / Accessory to Murder	1
	Sexual Assault	1
	Kidnapping, Possession of Prohibited Weapon and Schedule 1 Substance.	1
	Attempted Murder, Sexual Assault and Robbery	1
	Multiple Drug and Weapons offences	1
	Sexual Assaults, Forcible Confinements, Robberies	1
Community Total		15
Institutional	Allegations of Assault and Multiple Use of Force	1
	Assault and Forcible Confinement of a staff by Inmate	1
	Death	1
	Death and Serious Bodily Injuries	1
	Death Unknown Causes	1
	Hostage Taking	3
	Hostage Taking and Attempted Suicide	1
	Suicide	6
	Alleged Inappropriate Injections	2
	Major Disturbance and Inmate Injuries	1
Institutional Total		18
Institutional and Community	Deaths by Natural Cause*	3
Institutional and Community Total		3
Grand Total		36

Tier II Investigations

Investigation Type	Incident Type	Total
Community	Aggravated Assault	1
	Alleged Sexual Assault & Forcible Confinement	1
	Assault Causing Bodily Harm	1
	Attempted Murder	5
	Death	1
	Death by Overdose	1
	Death Unknown Cause	1
	Drug Trafficking	2
	Drug Trafficking and Weapons	1
	Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking	1
	Robbery	1
	Sexual Assault	6
	Sexual Assault, Sexual Interference and Invitation to Sexual Touching	1
	Suicide	3
	Uttering Threats to Cause Death or Harm	1
	Offender Death	1
Community Total		28
Institutional	Assault on Inmate	9
	Attempted Murder	1
	Attempted Suicide	2
	Attempted Suicide / Self-Inflicted Injuries	1
	Death	1
	Death Overdose	1
	Death Unknown Cause	5
	Escape from ETA	1
	Medication Error	1
	Self-Inflicted Injuries	2
	Self-Injurious Behaviours	2
	Use of Force	1
	Overdose Interrupted / Attempted Suicide	1
Institutional Total		28
Grand Total		56

 

 4.3 Glossary

Aboriginal

First Nation, Métis or Inuit.

Aboriginal community

Aboriginal community is a First Nation, tribal council, band, community, organization or other group with a predominantly Aboriginal leadership.

Administrative segregation

Administrative segregation is confinement to keep the offender from associating with other inmates in order to maintain the security of the institution. Inmates may be segregated involuntarily or voluntarily.

Community Residential Facilities (CRF)

The Community Residential Facilities, commonly referred to as halfway houses, are operated by non-governmental organizations and private after-care agencies under contract with the Correctional Service of Canada. CRFs accommodate offenders who have been released to the community on Unescorted Temporary Absence, Day Parole, Full Parole, Work Release, Statutory Release, Statutory Release with Residency and those subject to Long-Term Supervision Orders.

Community Correctional Centres (CCC)

Community Correctional Centres are federally operated Community-based Residential Facilities that provide a structured living environment with 24 hour supervision, programs and interventions for the purpose of safely re-integrating offenders into the community. Like Community Residential Facilities, these facilities accommodate offenders who have been released to the community on Unescorted Temporary Absence, Day Parole, Full Parole, Work Release, Statutory Release, Statutory Release with Residency and those subject to Long-Term Supervision Orders.

Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA)

The legislative framework governing Correctional Service Canada.

Conditional Release

Conditional release helps inmates make a gradual, supervised return to society while serving their sentence. Regardless of the type of conditional release, all offenders are supervised until their Warrant Expiry Date.

• Temporary Absences (TAs)
  Temporary Absences may be granted to offenders for medical, administrative, community service, family contact, and personal development reasons.
  
  
  • Escorted temporary absence (ETA) may be granted at any time during the sentence.
    
  • Unescorted temporary absence (UTA) may be granted after an offender has served one-sixth of the sentence or six months, whichever is greater.
    
• Work Release (WR)
  Work release allows an offender, classified as minimum or medium security and who is judged not to pose an undue risk, to do paid or voluntary work in the community under supervision.
  
• Day Parole (DP)
  Day parole allows an offender to participate in community-based activities to prepare for release on full parole or statutory release.
  
• Full Parole (FP)
  Inmates are normally eligible to be considered for full parole by the National Parole Board, after serving one-third of their sentence, or seven years, whichever is less.
  
• Statutory Release (SR)
  By law, most offenders who are serving sentences of fixed length, and who have not been granted parole or had their parole revoked, must be released on statutory release after serving two-thirds of their sentence.

CORCAN

A Special Operating Agency (SOA) that employs federal offenders for its workforce and, in doing so, provides them with working skills and working habits necessary to compete in the workforce.

Correctional Programs

Correctional programs are designed to improve offenders’ current knowledge and skill level, improving the likelihood of successful reintegration into the community upon release.

Healing Lodge

These types of facilities may or may not be located on First Nations’ reservation land. There are two distinct types of Healing Lodges available to offenders under the care and custody of CSC.

A Section 81 Healing Lodge is an Aboriginal community based correctional facility where the community has entered into an agreement with the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada for the provision of correctional care and custody to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders. The second type is located on CSC property and run by CSC with the assistance of community Aboriginal people.

Ion scanner

An ion scanner is an electronic device that has the ability to detect residual amounts of particular drugs on personal items such as money or credit cards.

Long Term Supervision Order (LTSO)

A Long Term Supervision Order is an order imposed by the court. The offender who has received such an order is supervised in accordance with the CCRA. The Long Term Supervision Order commences when the offender has finished serving all sentences for offences for which he or she had been convicted. The period of supervision to which the offender is subject at any time must not total more than 10 years.

Maximum Security Institutions

House offenders who pose a serious risk to staff, other offenders and the community. The perimeter of a maximum-security institution is well defined, highly secure and controlled. Offender movement and association are strictly regulated and directly supervised.

Medium Security Institutions

House offenders who pose a risk to the safety of the community. The perimeter of a medium-security institution is well defined, secure and controlled. Offender movement and association is regulated and generally supervised.

Minimum Security Institutions

House offenders who pose a limited risk to the safety of the community. The perimeter of a minimum-security institution is defined but not directly controlled. Offender movement and association within the institution are regulated under minimal supervision.

Multi-level Institutions

House offenders of different security classifications in different secure areas of the institution.

Offender Management System (OMS)

The automated information system used by CSC as its main database for offender information.

Revocation

If parolees violate the conditions of their conditional release, or have been charged with a criminal offence, their conditional release (day parole, full parole) is suspended and they are re-incarcerated. Upon reviewing the case at a formal hearing, the National Parole Board may then decide to revoke parole and have the offender remain incarcerated. If the offender is not revoked, the conditional release is reinstated.

Sections 81/84 of CCRA

Section 81 enables CSC to enter into agreements with Aboriginal communities for the provision of correctional services to Aboriginal offenders. These agreements permit CSC, with the consent of the offender and the Aboriginal community, to transfer the care and custody of the offender to an Aboriginal community. Under Section 84 of the CCRA, CSC gives the Aboriginal community an opportunity to propose a plan for the inmate’s release to, and integration into, the Aboriginal community.

Security Classification

Each offender is reviewed initially on admission and then periodically throughout their sentence and is classified as a maximum, medium or minimum security risk and normally placed in an institution of the same classification. The security risk level is based on an assessment of factors related to public safety, escape risk and institutional adjustment.

Warrant Expiry Date (WED)

The date the sentence imposed by the courts officially ends.

 

 4.4 Further Information

Correctional Service of Canada Internet site: www.csc-scc.gc.ca

CSC Contacts:

Catherine Bélanger
Director
Integrated Strategic Business Planning
Performance Management
340 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0P9
Telephone:  (613) 947-6436
Facsimile: (613) 995-5064
Email: BelangerCAE@csc-scc.gc.ca

Bill Staubi
Director General
Performance Management
340 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0P9
Telephone:  (613) 992-8723
Facsimile: (613) 995-5064
Email: StaubiBH@csc-scc.gc.ca

Lynn Garrow
Assistant Commissioner
Performance Assurance
340 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0P9
Telephone:  (613) 996-1710
Facsimile: (613) 943-9292
Email: GarrowLY@csc-scc.gc.ca

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