A Roadmap to Strengthening Public Safety

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Table of Contents

• Letter from the President
• A. Executive Summary
• B. Background
  • (a) Historical Perspective
  • (b) Crime in Canada
  • (c) Changing Offender Profile
  • (d) CSC's Legislative Framework
  • (e) CSC and the Criminal Justice System
  • (f) CSC's Key Priorities
• C. Refocusing the CCRA
  • (a) The CSC Mandate
  • (b) Offender Accountability
  • (c) Principles of the Act
• INSIDE THE WALLS
• D. The Current Environment
  • (a) Population Management
  • (b) Safety and Security
  • (c) Assessment and Correctional Interventions
  • (d) Education
  • (e) Work—Employability and Employment
  • (f) Managing Distinct Populations
  • (g) Roadmap for Change—Change in Operating Model
• TRANSITION TO THE COMMUNITY
  • (a) Comprehensive Community Reintegration Planning
  • (b) Earned Parole
• OUTSIDE THE WALLS
  • (a) Community Corrections
• RECOGNIZING THE ROLE OF VICTIMS—PROVIDING VICTIM SERVICES
• HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT—RESPONDING TO CHANGE AND NEED
• ACCOUNTABILITY—MEASURING PERFORMANCE
  • (a) How does CSC currently measure performance?
  • (b) Gaps in Measurement Strategy
  • (c) Public Education
• PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE—YESTERDAY'S INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT MEET TODAY'S NEEDS
  • (a) Age of Current Facilities
  • (b) Challenge of Multiple Offender Subpopulations
  • (c) Separate and Discrete Facilities
  • (d) Proposed Regional Complexes
• FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
  • (a) General Comments
  • (b) Capital
  • (c) Operating
• OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
  • (a) Frivolous and Vexatious Grievances by Offenders
  • (b) Initial Placement of Offenders Convicted of First and Second Degree Murder
  • (c) Collection of DNA Samples
• Appendix A: Federal Penitentiaries by Region and Security Level
• Appendix B: Offender Program Outcomes
• Appendix C: Outcomes of CSC Educational Programs
• Appendix D: CSC Program Outcomes
• Appendix E: Statistics on Reoffending
• Appendix F: Deloitte and Touche Report
• Appendix G: The CSC Review Panel
• Appendix H: Review Process
• Appendix I: List of Recommendations
• Appendix J: Summary of Presenters (Written and Oral)
• Appendix K: Correctional Facilities Visited by the Panel