NCJ Number
95367
Date Published
1984
Length
205 pages
Annotation
Data describing adult correctional services in Canada are presented for fiscal years 1978-83; the data represent services provided by the governmental agencies responsible for adult corrections in each of the provincial, territorial, and Federal sectors.
Abstract
Total government spending on adult correctional services during 1982 and 1983 amounted to approximately $1.1 billion -- $568 million Federally (including $55 million in construction costs) and $516 million provincially. This is an increase of $141 million (15 percent) from the previous year's total of $943 million. From 1982 to 1983, there were approximately 287,000 admissions to either custody or community supervision; during this time, there were 174 provincial custodial facilities and 61 Federal facilities in operation. Inmates admitted to provincial custody were typically 25 years old, and one-third of all admissions were for default on fines. The median age of Federal inmates was 28 years; they were typically incarcerated for either robbery or breaking and entering. The average provincial probationer was 21 years old and was serving a probation of 11 months. The average provincial inmate population increased by 14 percent over the 1981 to 1982 period and 27 percent over the 5-year period. Female offenders comprised 6 percent of all provincial sentenced admissions to custody, 2 percent of all Federal warrant of committal admissions to custody, and 16 percent of all admissions to provincial probation. Sixty figures, 41 tables, and 2 maps are included.