Summary
This report provides an overview of the study, which reports an estimate of the number of military veterans incarcerated in federal as well as provincial and territorial correctional systems. This review extends a study undertaken by the Addictions Research Centre on the prevalence of veterans in the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC or the Service), which was requested by the Veterans Ombudsman (Farrell, Gileno, & Grant, 2009). The estimate was requested by the Ombudsman in order to gain a better understanding of the number of incarcerated veterans, which is a starting point in determining whether these offenders receive all of the benefits for which they are entitled.