Law Times • OctOber 6, 2014
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NEWS
A STATISTICAL LOOK AT
CANADA'S
CORRECTIONS
SYSTEM
MORE FEDERAL PRISONERS AS JAIL SPACE TIGHTENS
TOTAL FEDERAL
IN-CUSTODY
OFFENDER
POPULATION V.
AVERAGE RATED
CAPACITY
AVERAGE AVERAGE
ACTUAL COUNT RATED CAPACITY
2004-05: 12,951 14,395
2005-06: 13,311 14,153
2006-07: 13,674 14,311
2007-08: 14,036 14,478
2008-09: 14,072 14,946
2009-10: 13,834 14,925
2010-11: 14,323 14,912
2011-12: 14,849 15,068
2012-13: 15,056 15,079
2013-14: 15,215 14,760
WOMEN OFFENDER POPULATION GROWING
2004-05 2008-09 2005-06 2012-13 2009-10 2006-07 2013-14 2010-11 2007-08 2011-12
TOTAL IN-CUSTODY WOMEN OFFENDER POPULATION
401 520 420 594 509 471 606 528 506 594
PROVINCIAL PRISON POPULATION
BUCKS FEDERAL TREND
OVERALL PROVINCIAL POPULATION OVER LAST 10 YEARS
2004-05 ........... 71,450
2005-06 ........... 75,603
2006-07 ........... 78,831
2007-08 ........... 80,028
2008-09 ........... 78,898
2009-10 ........... 76,095
2001-11 ........... 72,599
2011-12 ........... 71,329
2012-13 ........... 67,077
2013-14 ........... 61,303
BUT REMAND POPULATION
REMAINS HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF INMATES IN REMAND CUSTODY
63.5%
2013-14
Photo:
Sakhorn/Shutterstock
All summer, Law Times
reported on the state of
our prison system in our
series Jammed Jails. In a
followup, we asked the
Correctional Service
Canada and the Ministry
of Community Safety and
Correctional Services for
additional current
statistical data on how
many people are in our
jails and who they are.
Compiled by Yamri Taddese
FederaL Women oFFender popuLation groWing
