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COURT DECISIONS and ADMISSIONS TO PRISON
Provincial Correctional Facilities in Operation at Year-End,
by Security Level and Capacity, 1999/00 to 2001/02
Source: Statistics Canada – Catalogue no 85-211 Page 14
|
Province |
Year |
Security Level |
Capacity |
Non-custodial Probation/ parole offices |
|||
|
Secure |
Open |
Total |
Total Operational |
Special Purpose |
|||
|
British Columbia |
1999/00 |
11 |
9 |
20 |
2,744 |
170 |
62 |
|
|
2000/01 |
11 |
9 |
20 |
2,611 |
170 |
62 |
|
|
2001/02 |
11 |
8 |
19 |
2,725 |
170 |
60 |
|
Alberta |
1999/00 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
2,155 |
686 |
42 |
|
2000/01 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
2,295 |
626 |
42 |
|
|
2001/02 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
2,135 |
697 |
40 |
|
|
Saskatchewan |
1999/00 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
1,180 |
57 |
15 |
|
2000/01 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
1,203 |
20 |
15 |
|
|
2001/02 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
1,180 |
57 |
15 |
|
|
Manitoba |
1999/00 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
1,008 |
.. |
20 |
|
2000/01 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
1,229 |
105 |
17 |
|
|
2001/02 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
1,222 |
147 |
17 |
|
|
Ontario |
1999/00 |
42 |
2 |
44 |
8,068 |
626 |
101 |
|
2000/01 |
42 |
2 |
44 |
8,134 |
644 |
100 |
|
|
2001/02 |
34 |
2 |
36 |
8,995 |
671 |
101 |
|
|
Quebec |
1999/00 |
18 |
1 |
19 |
2,722 |
704 |
40 |
|
2000/01 |
18 |
0 |
18 |
3,167 |
724 |
41 |
|
|
2001/02 |
18 |
0 |
18 |
3,253 |
724 |
42 |
|
|
New Brunswick |
1999/00 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
336 |
0 |
12 |
|
2000/01 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
284 |
0 |
12 |
|
|
2001/02 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
284 |
0 |
12 |
|
|
Nova Scotia |
1999/00 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
505 |
49 |
16 |
|
2000/01 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
499 |
49 |
16 |
|
|
2001/02 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
496 |
59 |
16 |
|
|
P. E. I. |
1999/00 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
102 |
21 |
6 |
|
2000/01 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
102 |
21 |
6 |
|
|
|
2001/02 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
98 |
10 |
6 |
|
Nfld./ Labrador |
1999/00 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
349 |
37 |
14 |
|
|
2000/01 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
349 |
89 |
14 |
|
|
2001/02 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
349 |
84 |
14 |
Standards used to assign capacity figures vary across jurisdictions.
The use of bed-space for special or normal purposes is flexible, depending on operational need.
For this reason, special purpose bed-space may be covered in the total operational capacity, as with the following jurisdictions. Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Yukon.
Ontario: The increase in the total operational bed capacity in 2001/02 is due to the opening of mega institutions.
Average Daily Cost of Offenders in Provincial Custody, 1999/00 to 2001/02
Source: Statistics Canada – Catalogue no 85-211 Page 17
British Columbia’s average daily inmate cost was $48.81 per day above Canada’s national average.
If BC’s average daily inmate cost matched Canada’s national average it would mean a savings of $39.2 million annually. ($48.81 per day multiplied by 803,548 total days stay)
It cost $87.23 less a day to house a provincial prisoner in an Alberta prison compared to British Columbia.
$44.09 less a day in Ontario $64.77 less a day in Quebec
|
Province |
Year |
Operational Costs |
Total days stay |
Average Daily Inmate Cost |
|
CANADA |
2001/02 |
$933,300,000 |
7,030,688 |
$132.75 |
|
British Columbia |
1999/00 |
$137,748,000 |
934,764 |
$147.36 |
|
|
2000/01 |
$146,491,000 |
907,390 |
$161.44 |
|
|
2001/02 |
$145,890,000 |
803,548 |
$181.56 |
|
Alberta |
1999/00 |
$61,770,000 |
720,654 |
$85.71 |
|
|
2000/01 |
$66,417,000 |
694,595 |
$95.62 |
|
|
2001/02 |
$71,717,000 |
760,295 |
$94.33 |
|
Saskatchewan |
1999/00 |
$49,389,000 |
418,704 |
$117.96 |
|
|
2000/01 |
$51,792,000 |
412,450 |
$125.57 |
|
|
2001/02 |
$53,007,000 |
416,830 |
$127.17 |
|
Manitoba |
1999/00 |
$43,333,000 |
402,066 |
$107.78 |
|
|
2000/01 |
$46,897,000 |
407,340 |
$115.13 |
|
2001/02 |
$48,953,000 |
406,730 |
$120.36 |
|
|
Ontario |
1999/00 |
$389,765,000 |
2,693,760 |
$144.69 |
|
2000/01 |
$380,177,000 |
2,783,125 |
$136.60 |
|
|
2001/02 |
$393,887,000 |
2,865,250 |
$137.47 |
|
|
Quebec |
1999/00 |
$131,912,000 |
1,143,677 |
$115.34 |
|
2000/01 |
$146,158,000 |
1,176,651 |
$124.21 |
|
|
2001/02 |
$150,520,000 |
1,288,852 |
$116.79 |
|
|
New Brunswick |
1999/00 |
$12,395,000 |
116,754 |
$106.16 |
|
2000/01 |
$11,509,000 |
103,295 |
$111.42 |
|
|
2001/02 |
$12,401,000 |
114,245 |
$108.55 |
|
|
Nova Scotia |
1999/00 |
$19,708,000 |
128,100 |
$153.85 |
|
2000/01 |
$19,800,000 |
124,465 |
$159.08 |
|
|
2001/02 |
$12,028,000 |
112,055 |
$107.34 |
|
|
P. E. I. |
1999/00 |
$4,198,000 |
30,081 |
$139.55 |
|
|
2000/01 |
$4,248,000 |
31,295 |
$135.74 |
|
|
2001/02 |
$4,331,000 |
23,699 |
$182.73 |
|
Nfld./ Labrador |
1999/00 |
$17,789,000 |
101,565 |
$175.14 |
|
|
2000/01 |
$17,626,000 |
105,277 |
$167.43 |
|
|
2001/02 |
$18,059,000 |
115,595 |
$156.23 |
PER CAPITA SPENDING ON PROVINCIAL PRISONS 2001/02
Total Operating Expenditures by Provincial Government Agencies
Responsible for Adult Corrections 2001/02
British Columbia third in Canada for per capita spending on provincial prisons 2001/02
|
|
Province |
Per Capita Cost |
Average Daily Inmate Cost |
|
1 |
Saskatchewan |
$61.95 |
$127.17 |
|
2 |
Manitoba |
$56.39 |
$120.36 |
|
3 |
British Columbia |
$45.49 |
$181.56 |
|
4 |
Prince Edward Island |
$43.92 |
$182.73 |
|
5 |
Newfoundland/ Labrador |
$40.81 |
$156.23 |
|
6 |
Ontario |
$39.97 |
$137.47 |
|
|
CANADA |
$38.10 |
$132.75 |
|
7 |
Alberta |
$30.92 |
$94.33 |
|
8 |
Quebec |
$27.94 |
$116.79 |
|
9 |
New Brunswick |
$23.38 |
$108.55 |
|
10 |
Nova Scotia |
$19.71 |
$107.34 |
Federal Facilities in Operation At Year-end by Security Level and Capacity, 2001/02
Source: Statistics Canada – Catalogue no. 85-211 Page 37
|
Province |
SECURITY LEVEL |
CAPACITY |
||||||
|
Community Correctional Centre |
Minimum Security |
Medium Security |
Maximum Security |
Multi-level |
Institutional Capacity |
Community Capacity |
Total |
|
|
BC |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1,806 |
48 |
1,854 |
|
Quebec |
6 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
3,595 |
195 |
3,790 |
|
Ontario |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3,574 |
95 |
3,669 |
|
Alberta |
0 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1,724 |
0 |
1,724 |
|
Sask. |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
938 |
20 |
958 |
|
Manitoba |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
713 |
40 |
753 |
|
N. B. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
885 |
26 |
911 |
|
N. S. |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
447 |
36 |
483 |
|
Nfld. |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
22 |
‘Capacity’ includes normal association beds, reception beds, and psychiatric/ mental health beds, but excludes disciplinary segregation, medical beds and hospital beds.
‘Maximum security’ includes, in some instances, mental health and reception beds.
Source: Operational Planning; NCAOP 2001/02 Data
Average Population of Inmates Held in Federal Custody, 1999/00 to 20001/02
Source: Statistics Canada – Catalogue no. 85-211 Page 39
|
Region |
Year |
Actual-in Count |
Incarceration Rate |
|
Pacific (BC/ Yukon) |
1999/00 |
1,745 |
56 |
|
|
2000/01 |
1,775 |
56 |
|
|
2001/02 |
1,799 |
56 |
|
Quebec |
1999/00 |
3,365 |
59 |
|
|
2000/01 |
3,320 |
57 |
|
|
2001/02 |
3,304 |
57 |
|
Ontario |
1999/00 |
3,441 |
39 |
|
|
2000/01 |
3,341 |
37 |
|
|
2001/02 |
3,407 |
37 |
|
Prairie (Alta. Sask. Man) |
1999/00 |
3,231 |
84 |
|
|
2000/01 |
3,120 |
80 |
|
|
2001/02 |
3,084 |
78 |
|
Atlantic |
1999/00 |
1,193 |
65 |
|
|
2000/01 |
1,175 |
64 |
|
|
2001/02 |
1,217 |
66 |
Actual-in counts include federal and provincial/ territorial offenders in a federal facility and those temporarily detained in a federal facility.
Conditional Sentence and probation commencements, 1998/99 to 2002/03
Source: Statistics Canada – Catalogue no. 805-002, Vol. 24, no. 10 Page 26
In British Columbia - Conditional Sentences increased by 65% between 1998/99 and 2002/03
|
Province |
Year |
Conditional Sentences |
Probation |
|
British Columbia |
1998/99 |
2,142 |
12,805 |
|
1999/00 |
2,439 |
12,283 |
|
|
2000/01 |
3,226 |
11,509 |
|
|
2001/02 |
3,712 |
11,067 |
|
|
2002/03 |
3,545 |
10,429 |
|
|
Alberta |
2002/03 |
1,590 |
8,821 |
|
Saskatchewan |
1,453 |
3,434 |
|
|
Manitoba |
798 |
3,501 |
|
|
Ontario |
4,920 |
39,778 |
|
|
Quebec |
4,941 |
8,280 |
|
|
New Brunswick |
602 |
1,764 |
|
|
Nova Scotia |
626 |
3,728 |
|
|
Prince Edward Island |
37 |
541 |
|
|
Newfoundland |
308 |
1,726 |