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Correctional Services in Canada: Highlights for 1992-1993

NCJ Number
152221
Journal
Juristat Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1994) Pages: complete issue
Author(s)
M Reed; A Birkenmayer
Date Published
1994
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This report documents the activities of adult correctional services in Canada during 1992-1993, highlighting the number of admissions, average daily counts in Federal and provincial facilities, and probation and parole intake statistics.
Abstract
In 1992-1993, custodial admissions (excluding Ontario) increased by 1 percent over the previous year, except in Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, where the admission rate fell. Nationally, nonsentenced admissions decreased by 3 percent from the previous year. On average, 26,477 inmates were serving a custodial sentence during the reporting period; 53 percent were housed in provincial and 47 percent in Federal prisons. The average number of offenders on probation increased by 8 percent over the previous year, while the number of inmates granted full parole by Federal and provincial boards rose by 17 percent. Total operating expenditures, when expressed in constant 1988-1989 dollars, fell by 2 percent during this period. 7 figures, 3 tables, and 10 notes