Entering Prison PrisonIncarceration is a very polarizing issue It is also a very political issue Conservative rhetoric more jails more sentences throw people in jail Liberal rhetoric protect the public by looking at the causes of crime treat all people humanely ID: 314727
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Canada’s Prison SystemSlide2
Entering Prison
Prison/Incarceration is a very polarizing issue. It is also a very political issue
Conservative rhetoric- more jails, more sentences, throw people in jail
Liberal rhetoric- protect the public by looking at the causes of crime, treat all people humanely
#1: (post 2005) Prisoners should remain in prison for as long as possible (classical criminal theory)
#2: Offenders are partially shaped by society therefore the prison system should work to rehabilitate them (sociological and other various modern theories)Slide3
Entering Prison
CSC (Correctional Services Canada) controls the prison system (provincial and federal jurisdiction)
Provincial- serve less than 2 years (or awaiting trial)
Federal- serve more than 2 years
Correctional service regulations are controlled provincially- this mean each province can have its own corrections regulations (why?)
CSC is responsible for the following: incarcerating, processing parole applications and running probations servicesSlide4
Provincial/Federal Jails
Provincial Institutions:
Closed custody- dangerous offenders, likely to escape, or are hard to manage
http://
www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/corr_serv/ProposedTorontoSouthDetentionCentre/Toronto_South_DC_main.html
Open custody- inmates are allowed an opportunity to work
Community Correctional Centers- inmates can work, go to school by day and return at night
http://
www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/corr_serv/adult_off/facilities/corr_centres/corr_centres.html#cecc
Maximum, Medium and Minimum securitySlide5
How are Inmates Assigned?
After sentencing offenders are assessed for their level of risk and their need for rehabilitation
Risk of escape is considered
Availability of rehab
Location of offender’s family, culture and language is considered
Those convicted of 1
st
or 2
nd
degree murder must serve 2 years at a maximum security prison before applying to a lower facilitySlide6
Imprisonment
123 people per 100,000 incarcerated
Non-violent crimes are most common
On any given day in Canada there are 152, 800 adults incarcerated, on parole, probation or serving a conditional sentence
2000- correctional spending reached 2.5 billion
The average adult incarcerated is a male, aged 18-24
It costs $67,700 a year to keep an offender in a federal penitentiary
It costs $14, 500
to supervise
on parole