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Basic Facts About Corrections in Canada, 1986

NCJ Number
111270
Date Published
1986
Length
35 pages
Annotation
Canadian corrections statistics for 1986 cover inmates, parolees, probationers, correctional institutions, and corrections costs.
Abstract
Data pertinent to correctional institutions and inmates cover the imprisonment rate, inmate profiles, cost per inmate, inmate employment, dangerous inmates, inmate pay, inmate distribution by region and by security, and sentence lengths. Other statistics address the number of correctional staff, the total annual cost of corrections, per capita cost, number of offenders on probation and parole, the success rate of parole and mandatory supervision, and the number of offenders sentenced to various correctional services. The data and information are presented in both French and English.