2015-2016 Report on plans and priorities

The Honourable Steven Blaney, P.C., M.P. 
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

We will continue to put the rights of victims first with a responsive and timely range of services including ongoing outreach, timely notifications, listening and responding to victims’ concerns, and by the full implementation of the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights, which will help CSC to further enhance the support it provides to victims.

This report establishes the way forward for the coming fiscal year, and outlines the important work that CSC does to help enhance public safety.

The Honourable Steven Blaney, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Minister: The Honourable Steven Blaney, P.C., M.P.
Deputy Head: Don Head
Ministerial portfolio: Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Year Established: 1979
Main legislative authorities: Corrections and Conditional Release Act ^{Endnote i} and Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations ^{Endnote ii}
Other: Correctional Service of Canada’s Mission

The purpose of the federal correctional system, as defined in law, is to contribute to the maintenance of a just, peaceful and safe society by carrying out sentences imposed by courts through the safe and humane custody and supervision of offenders; and by assisting the rehabilitation of offenders and their safe reintegration into the community as law-abiding citizens through the provision of programs in penitentiaries and in the community (Corrections and Conditional Release Act, s.3).

The Correctional Service of Canada, as part of the criminal justice system and respecting the rule of law, contributes to public safety by actively encouraging and assisting offenders to become law-abiding citizens, while exercising reasonable, safe, secure and humane control.

The Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) responsibilities are derived from the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations. The Act and Regulations direct CSC to be responsible for:

1. the care, custody and supervision of offenders: CSC manages institutions for men and women, mental health treatment centres, Aboriginal healing lodges, community correctional centres, and parole offices where offenders under conditional release are supervised in the community. CSC provides services across the country in small and large urban centres, as well as in remote northern Inuit communities. On a typical day during 2013–14, CSC was responsible for 22,969 offenders, 15,215 of whom were in federal custody (including temporary detainees^{Footnote 1}) and 7,754 who were supervised in the community.
2. the provision of interventions: CSC encourages and assists offenders to be accountable for their behaviour and rehabilitation by delivering a continuum of correctional interventions that contribute to successful reintegration into the community. CSC delivers the most relevant, appropriate and effective interventions to address the risks and needs of the offender population while in custody or under community supervision.
3. the preparation of offenders for release: CSC staff work with inmates and partners to establish viable plans to prepare inmates for release. This includes pre-release case preparation, developing release plans, presenting cases to the Parole Board of Canada, and developing community strategies to ensure the safe release of inmates into the community.
4. the supervision of offenders on conditional release: CSC provides an integrated continuum of supervision, accommodation, employment and intervention in the effective management of offenders, in order to contribute to public safety.
5. public education about the operations of CSC: CSC works to build partnerships with Canadian communities, to foster understanding of correctional programs and processes among Canadians, to boost public support for safe reintegration, and to demonstrate that CSC’s ultimate goal is to contribute to public safety.

The Act also requires CSC to develop, implement and monitor correctional policies, programs and practices that respect gender, ethnic, cultural and linguistic differences and are responsive to the specific needs of women, men, Aboriginal peoples and other groups. As well, it requires that CSC provide essential health care services and reasonable access to non-essential mental health care that will contribute to inmates’ rehabilitation and successful reintegration into the community. The Act mandates CSC to provide services to victims of crime, such as information sharing and awareness building to support victims.

CSC constantly assesses and adjusts the allocation of resources to ensure effective and efficient offender rehabilitation. CSC strives to achieve administrative efficiencies through streamlining its operations and program delivery. These and other related initiatives optimize available resources for CSC’s key priorities and core mandate, and ensure that the organization continues to deliver strong public safety results for Canadians.

Strategic Outcome: The custody, correctional interventions, and supervision of offenders in communities and in institutions, contribute to public safety

• 1.0 Program: Custody
  • 1.1 Sub-program: Institutional Management and Support
  • 1.2 Sub-program: Institutional Security
    • 1.2.1 Sub-sub-program: Intelligence and Supervision
    • 1.2.2 Sub-sub-program: Drug Interdiction
  • 1.3 Sub-program: Institutional Health Services
    • 1.3.1 Sub-sub-program: Clinical and Public Health Services
    • 1.3.2 Sub-sub-program: Mental Health Services
  • 1.4 Sub-program: Institutional Services
    • 1.4.1 Sub-sub-program: Food Services
    • 1.4.2 Sub-sub-program: Accommodation Services
• 2.0 Program: Correctional Interventions
  • 2.1 Sub-program: Offender Case Management
  • 2.2 Sub-program: Community Engagement
  • 2.3 Sub-program: Spiritual Services
  • 2.4 Sub-program: Correctional Reintegration Program
    • 2.4.1 Sub-sub-program: Violence Prevention Program
    • 2.4.2 Sub-sub-program: Substance Abuse Program
    • 2.4.3 Sub-sub-program: Family Violence Prevention Program
    • 2.4.4 Sub-sub-program: Sex Offender Program
    • 2.4.5 Sub-sub-program: Maintenance Program
    • 2.4.6 Sub-sub-program: Social Program
    • 2.4.7 Sub-sub-program: Integrated Correctional Program Model
  • 2.5 Sub-program: Offender Education
  • 2.6 Sub-program: CORCAN Employment and Employability
• 3.0 Program: Community Supervision
  • 3.1 Sub-program: Community Management and Security
  • 3.2 Sub-program: Community-Based Residential Facilities
    • 3.2.1 Sub-sub-program: Community Residential Facilities
    • 3.2.2 Sub-sub-program: Community Correctional Centres
  • 3.3 Sub-program: Community Health Services
• 4.0 Program: Internal Services

CSC’s priorities stem from its mission, legislative framework and risk profile. They provide specific focus for the organization’s direction, programs and initiatives. All priorities listed below are equally important.

CSC reviewed and updated its corporate priorities in 2014. Building on previous iterations, CSC’s corporate priorities provide clarity of intervention, reflect CSC’s current operating environment, and position the organization for the future.

CSC's organizational priorities for 2015–16 are:

• Safe management of eligible offenders during their transition from the institution to the community, and while on supervision
• Safety and security of members of the public, victims, staff and offenders in our institutions and in the community
• Effective, culturally appropriate interventions for First Nations, Métis and Inuit offenders
• Mental health needs of offenders addressed through timely assessment, effective management and appropriate intervention, relevant staff training and rigorous oversight
• Efficient and effective management practices that reflect values-based leadership in a changing environment
• Productive relationships with diverse partners, stakeholders, victims’ groups, and others involved in public safety

CSC continuously examines its internal and external environment to ensure that strategic, organizational, financial, legal and cultural factors are considered in its risk management process. This leads to the identification of risks which are then monitored, managed and mitigated. The risks and response strategies articulated below are captured within CSC’s Corporate Risk Profile.

Through the administration of court-imposed sentences to offenders, CSC plays a key role in public safety by implementing a comprehensive set of measures, controls and practices that help offenders to become law-abiding citizens and contributing members of Canadian society upon their return to the community. The accurate identification and effective management of risks lead to the identification of priorities and facilitate the achievement of results. Risk management is a central part of daily business in all areas of CSC’s large, decentralized and multifaceted work environment.

CSC operates in a continuously changing environment that requires a high level of adaptability and transformational skills. CSC must also take victims into account. Their rights must be considered at the same time as CSC assists offenders to become law-abiding and contributing members of Canadian society.

As a high reliability organization, CSC implements processes and crisis management methods to ensure the integrity of its operations. These processes and methods must be current and sustainable 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The continuity of CSC operations largely depends on its ability to maintain control of its activities and to manage and anticipate risks. It does so by identifying, developing, and assessing innovative ways to ensure the safety and security of staff, offenders and the public. Information, knowledge and technology are used to minimize the occurrence of incidents, and should they occur, to manage and learn from them. Clearly articulated responsibilities and robust governance structure ensure that risks are managed appropriately at the operational level as well as at the corporate level. Strategies to reduce risks across hazardous systems continue to facilitate the management and sustainability of the correctional environment and the development of organizational resilience.

The implementation of measures, systems, and controls increases CSC’s high reliability capacity and facilitates the management of corporate risks. Corporate risk management guides decision making, and audit, evaluation and research planning. The risk analysis and management process is ever evolving in order to mitigate potential risks, and to ensure delivery of core business that contributes to public safety.

This integrated approach allows CSC to handle risk-related challenges, ensure operational sustainability and fulfill its mandate.

Note: The 2014-15 Forecast Spending is as of the end of November 2014.

Departmental Spending Trend Graph (dollars)

Note: The 2014-15 Forecast Spending is as of the end of November 2014.

For information on the Correctional Service of Canada’s organizational appropriations, consult the 2015–16 Main Estimates on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat website .^{Endnote iv}

The custody, correctional interventions, and supervision of offenders in communities and institutions, contribute to public safety.

The Custody Program contributes to public safety by providing for the day-to-day needs of offenders, including health and safety, food, clothing, mental health services, and physical health care. It also includes security measures within institutions such as drug interdiction, and appropriate control practices to prevent incidents.

• Further develop and implement population management strategies in order to enhance public safety.

The Institutional Management and Support Program contributes to public safety through the day-to-day management of operational activities and institutional services for offenders in custody.

Key activities include administering, operating and maintaining institutions; establishing operational processes and procedures; managing allocated financial and human resources; directing and overseeing the delivery of integrated correctional operations; monitoring the effectiveness of institutional security activities; considering threats, risks, vulnerabilities and physical security requirements and controls; managing the intelligence function for institutions; ensuring coordination across the criminal justice system; providing a safe environment for staff and inmates; and making decisions and recommendations related to offenders within delegated authorities.

• Improve institutional safety and security by monitoring and implementing action plans arising from findings related to audits, board of investigation reports, coroners’ inquiries and evaluations related to safety and security incidents within institutions.

The Institutional Security Program contributes to public safety through the development, implementation of, and compliance with, policies and procedures designed to ensure the safety and security of staff, offenders and the public, while meeting the security requirements of the diverse inmate population.

Key activities include dynamic security, security intelligence, segregation, perimeter control, and the prevention and control of contraband and drugs.

• Ensure effective, timely and proper cell assignment to support safe supervision strategies and reduce the number of institutional security incidents.
• Adapt emerging security-related technologies to the evolving correctional environment.
• Maintain, evaluate, update and implement, as required, emergency management plans to enhance CSC’s ability to react to emergency situations.
• Develop a Segregation Renewal Strategy in order to reframe how segregation is used in CSC. and strengthen oversight and decision making.

The Intelligence and Supervision Program contributes to public safety through the provision of security and the gathering, analysis, and sharing of intelligence. This is done by identifying and managing illegal activities and threats to security for offenders in institutions and in the community in conjunction and cooperation with external partner agencies.

Key activities include gathering and sharing information and intelligence to prevent security incidents, eradicating illegal activity and supporting the case management process; continually assessing threats and risks to identify and mitigate internal and external threats to the safety of individuals (inmates, staff and public) and institutions; collaborating, liaising and sharing information with justice partners both domestically and internationally; identifying and managing security threat groups; and preventing, intercepting, and eliminating illegal or threatening activities.

• Reinforce and formalize key national, regional and local public safety partnerships to prevent the introduction of contraband and unauthorized items into institutions and to ensure the safety and security of institutions and our communities.
• Enhance the capacity of preventive security and intelligence to respond to and prevent threats and risks that exist in operational setting and contribute to public safety and national security.

The Drug Interdiction Program contributes to public safety through the development, implementation, and coordination of activities included in Correctional Service Canada’s national drug strategy. This is done to ensure a safe, drug-free institutional environment for inmates, which is a fundamental condition for their successful reintegration into society as law-abiding citizens.

Key activities include assessing risk related to drug use and trafficking, detecting and deterring drug use and/or trafficking of drugs, using security services such as urinalysis, drug detector dogs, ion mobility spectrometry, and other services or devices, and reviewing the imposition of administrative measures.

• Strengthen operational policies and/or procedures to eliminate the entry of illicit materials to reduce the trafficking and supply of drugs in institutions thereby reducing drug-related incidents and helping offenders complete their correctional plans.

The Institutional Health Services Program contributes to public safety by providing essential health care and reasonable access to non-essential mental health care to inmates, in accordance with professionally accepted standards, to promote, improve and maintain offender health in institutions. These health services are delivered across the continuum of care, from intake to release, while considering the needs of vulnerable populations.

Key activities include disease prevention, health education as well as screening, diagnosis, treatment, release planning and the administration, development and implementation of policy and programs to maintain and improve program delivery.

• Maintain CSC’s health accreditation status as per Accreditation Canada standards, including the Continuous Quality Improvement Program, to ensure that health services are available to all offenders in institutions in accordance with professionally accepted standards.

The Clinical and Public Health Services Program contributes to public safety by providing essential health care to inmates, to promote, improve and maintain inmates' health within institutions, in accordance with professionally accepted standards. These services are delivered across the continuum of care from intake to release, while considering the needs of vulnerable populations.

Key activities across the continuum of care include disease prevention and control, health promotion, screening and assessment, primary health services, acute hospital care, referral to medical specialists, treatment, provision of medications, pharmacy services and release planning.

• Continue monitoring the application of the essential services framework to ensure CSC provides offenders with essential health care that conforms to professionally accepted standards, respects gender, cultural and linguistic differences and is responsive to the special and specific needs of women, Aboriginal people and persons requiring mental health care.

The Mental Health Services Program contributes to public safety by providing inmates with essential mental health care and reasonable access to non-essential mental health care to promote, improve and maintain offender health in accordance with professionally accepted standards. These services are delivered across the continuum of care from intake to release, while considering the needs of vulnerable populations. The continuum of care is reflected through CSC’s comprehensive Mental Health Strategy developed to enhance its capacity to address and respond to the mental health needs of offenders.

Key activities include mental health screening at intake, primary and intermediate mental health care in institutions, intensive care at Regional Treatment Centres, release preparation and transitional care for release to the community.

• Implement the mental health population approach by refining CSC’s model of mental health service delivery in order to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of mental health services, and to contribute to offender mental health, safe institutions and successful reintegration to the community.
• Collaborate with Health Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and other partners on identifying research priorities and reviewing best practices connected with the delivery of mental health services in federal correctional facilities that serve women.

The Institutional Services Program contributes to public safety through the daily operations of institutions. This program aims to provide safe, secure and humane living conditions for inmates.

Key activities include accommodation support, engineering services, provision of food services and clothing, institutional maintenance, fleet management, telecommunications, environmental protection and sustainable development, fire safety protection, and maintenance of security electronics.

• Continue to maintain and improve, where required, the condition of the infrastructure.
• Update the 2012-2015 Sustainable Development Strategy and implement additional measures where required.

The Food Services Program contributes to public safety by providing nutritionally balanced meals to offenders in institutions. Meal preparation is based on appropriate nutrition standards for Canadians such as Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide. The program meets the needs of offenders requiring specific diets for their faith or for therapeutic reasons.

Key activities include setting the overall policy direction for the delivery of food services; monitoring food services activities to ensure adherence to standards; ensuring all activities related to the ordering, storage, preparation and service of food and disposal of waste meet food safety standards; and planning for food service within the established budget.

• Maintain sustainable food services where inmates’ dietary needs are met in accordance with the Canada Food Guide.

The Accommodation Services Program contributes to public safety through maintenance and repair of institutional vehicles, buildings/structures, and lands as well as related basic services for offenders. This is done so that institutions can meet their operational requirements including the provision of safe and clean living and working conditions for staff and for offenders in custody.

Key activities include the provision of basic necessities to offenders, technical support, housekeeping, laundry services, engineering services, environmental services, waste management, electrical, water and sewage, heating/co-generation of power, plumbing, fire protection, motor vehicle maintenance and operations, carpentry, masonry, painting, welding and millwright, general labour, general maintenance, and landscaping.

• Strengthen the management of facilities through improved governance, processes and information systems.

The Correctional Interventions Program contributes to public safety through assessment activities and program interventions for federal offenders that are designed to assist their rehabilitation and facilitate their successful reintegration into the community as law-abiding citizens. The program engages Canadian citizens as partners in CSC's correctional mandate, and provides outreach to victims of crime.

• Strengthen relationships with the external members of the Commissioner’s National Aboriginal Advisory Committee through consultations, in order to maximize their contributions to the enhancement of Aboriginal correctional policies, programs and operations in CSC.
• Continue the focus on and use of Pathways Initiatives as a key Aboriginal culturally-based environment for all security levels.
• Continue to strengthen the Case Management Framework in providing evidence-informed assessment and interventions relative to offender risks and needs.
• Review and revitalize the peer support program in women’s institutions.

The Offender Case Management program contributes to public safety through a dynamic process that includes interventions to assess, clarify, counsel, plan programs for, and supervise offenders throughout their sentences.

Key activities include sentence management, intake assessment, penitentiary placement, offender personal development, transfers, the development and management of correctional plans, and institutional and community supervision.

• Implement the Structured Assessment and Intervention Framework to improve and modernize training, tools, skills, reporting and quality assurance practices within the realm of case management - with the overall goal of maximizing assessment and intervention activities.
• Continue implementing the Strategic Plan for Aboriginal Corrections through engaging sectors and regions and working with community partners to improve results in Aboriginal corrections.
• Continue to implement strategies to enhance the successful reintegration of Inuit offenders into society such as providing culturally-relevant service to Inuit offenders.

The Community Engagement Program contributes to public safety by increasing citizens’ understanding of the federal correctional process and enhancing CSC’s partnerships with Canadian communities.

Key activities include raising public awareness and improving confidence in federal corrections; providing victims with information; negotiating partnership agreements with various stakeholders; and creating collaborative working relationships with diverse segments of the community including citizens, non-governmental agencies, other government departments, and offenders who have successfully reintegrated into the community.

• Strengthen community engagement through sustaining existing partnerships and developing new and diverse ones with partners and stakeholders at local and national levels to share information and provide support for offenders which contribute to the safe reintegration of offenders into Canadian communities.
• Continue to engage victims of crime within the correctional process by providing notifications, raising awareness, receiving information from victims, and including their concerns in decision making. Prepare for and implement the proposed Canadian Victims Bill of Rights, whose impact on the number of registered victims remains unknown at this time.
• Strengthen collaborative work by initiating the implementation of the CSC’s Integrated Engagement Strategy to promote, build and maintain strong relationships with community partners so as to help successful reintegration of offenders to Canadian communities.
• Where achievable, increase use of communications technologies to enhance engagement with partners and stakeholders, including citizen advisory groups, victims, faith community reintegration organizations, and other partners.

The Spiritual Services Program contributes to public safety by providing spiritual intervention and guidance to offenders, and by developing and maintaining faith-community reintegration partnerships. It also includes providing culturally relevant assistance to First Nations, Métis and Inuit offenders regarding ceremonies, traditional teachings, traditional medicines or sacred grounds within institutions or in the community through the services of Aboriginal Elders. The program increases the likelihood of success for a safe and wholesome release of offenders back into the community.

Key activities include directing and coordinating religious services and sacramental ministry; spiritual and cultural teachings for First Nations, Métis and Inuit offenders; creating, coordinating, and delivering religious activities; interpreting the needs and concerns of persons affected by the criminal justice system to the community; educating the community concerning its role in reconciliation, and establishing and maintaining partnerships to help offenders live in the community as law-abiding citizens.

• Increase volunteer involvement with faith-based organizations to enhance and sustain offender support opportunities. CSC will continue to foster these external partnerships to ensure that the religious and spiritual needs of offenders are identified and addressed with respect to CSC’s legal obligations.
• Maintain relationship with the Interfaith Committee on Chaplaincy to ensure the religious and spiritual needs of offenders are met, and partnerships with individual faith groups are strengthened.

Sub-program 2.4: Correctional Reintegration Program ^{Footnote 29}

The Correctional Reintegration Program contributes to public safety by providing programs and implementing policies that are specifically designed to support offender rehabilitation and reintegration, and that involve structured interventions grounded in evidence-based, social and psychological research. Operating from a cognitive-behavioural approach, correctional programs are designed to address risk factors that contribute to reoffending.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery and effective management of nationally recognized correctional programs.

• Continue the development and implementation of initiatives to improve and enhance reintegration program delivery that target the criminogenic needs of offenders at intensity levels commensurate with the risk levels to reduce recidivism.
• Fully implement the Integrated Correctional Program Model that holistically addresses the multiple individual needs and risks of offenders in order to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of correctional program delivery and thus improve public safety results.
• Ensure all correctional program policies and guidelines are up to date, and address efficient and effective program delivery so that the framework for program delivery remains relevant.

Sub-sub-program 2.4.1: Violence Prevention Program^{Footnote 30}

The Violence Prevention Program contributes to public safety through structured interventions designed to assist the rehabilitation of offenders convicted of violent crimes. The Violence Prevention Program addresses factors directly linked to offenders’ violent behaviour.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery and management of national correctional programs designed to protect society by preventing violent behavior.

• Continue to plan, deliver, and monitor nationally-recognized correctional programs to address violence at intensity levels commensurate with the assessed risk.

Sub-sub-program 2.4.2: Substance Abuse Program^{Footnote 31}

The Substance Abuse Program contributes to public safety through structured interventions designed to assist the rehabilitation of offenders convicted of crimes complicated by substance abuse. The Substance Abuse Program addresses factors directly linked to offenders’ criminal behavior, alcohol and drug use.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery and management of national correctional programs designed to protect society by preventing substance abuse and crime.

• Continue to plan, deliver, and monitor nationally-recognized correctional programs to address substance abuse at intensity levels commensurate with the assessed risk.

Sub-sub-program 2.4.3: Family Violence Prevention Program^{Footnote 32}

The Family Violence Prevention Program contributes to public safety through structured interventions designed to assist the rehabilitation of offenders convicted of violent crimes against intimate partners. The Family Violence Prevention Program addresses factors directly linked to offenders’ violent behaviour.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery and management of national correctional programs designed to protect society by preventing domestic violence.

• Continue to plan, deliver, and monitor nationally-recognized correctional programs to address family violence at intensity levels commensurate with the assessed risk.

Sub-sub-program 2.4.4: Sex Offender Program^{Footnote 33}

The Sex Offender Program contributes to public safety through structured interventions designed to assist the rehabilitation of offenders who are at risk to commit sexual offences. The Sex Offender Program addresses factors directly linked to offenders’ criminal sexual behaviour.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery and management of national correctional programs designed to protect society by preventing sexual offences.

• Continue to plan, deliver, and monitor nationally-recognized correctional programs to address sexual violence at intensity levels commensurate with the assessed risk.

Sub-sub-program 2.4.5: Maintenance Program^{Footnote 34}

The Correctional Maintenance Program contributes to public safety through structured interventions designed to assist the rehabilitation of offenders who have completed national correctional programs. It addresses empirically-validated factors directly linked to offenders’ criminal behaviour.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery and management of national correctional programs designed to protect society by preventing crime.

• Continue to plan, deliver, and monitor maintenance programs that are included as part of nationally-recognized correctional programs.

The Social Program contributes to public safety by providing structured and unstructured activities to encourage offenders to adopt healthy and positive lifestyles and to learn how to use time constructively. It provides offenders with opportunities to learn and practice social skills, necessary for personal and social development. These interactions encourage offenders to identify their own strengths as well as areas that need improvement, to help prepare them for reintegration into the community as law-abiding citizens.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery, and management of social programs.

• Provide structured and unstructured activities, such as recreation, self-help, and life skills training to encourage offenders to participate in social programs and to gain social skills that help them reintegrate into the community.
• Explore the feasibility of expanding the opportunities for contact with family and support persons through the use of modern technology, such as video communication.

Sub-sub-program 2.4.7: Integrated Correctional Program Model^{Footnote 35}

The Integrated Correctional Program Model contributes to public safety through three distinct correctional program streams for men offenders: a multi-target program, an Aboriginal multi-target program, and a sex offender program, all of which include a maintenance component. The multi-target nature of the program streams allows CSC to more holistically address the individual needs and risks of offenders.

Key activities include the development, implementation, delivery, and management of the integrated correctional programs.

• Continue to plan, deliver, and monitor the Integrated Correctional Program Model to target and address the offenders’ risks and needs in an efficient and holistic manner.

The Offender Education Program contributes to public safety by providing offenders with basic literacy, academic, and personal development skills thereby improving their capacity to effectively participate in correctional programs. It also offers them an opportunity to improve their education qualifications, increasing their likelihood of successfully reintegrating into the community.

Key activities include the implementation, delivery and management of education programs.

• Continue to develop and monitor the plans and results of education programs in order to provide offenders with the basic literacy, academic, and personal development skills that are needed for safe reintegration into the community.

The CORCAN Employment and Employability Program contributes to public safety by helping offenders develop and enhance their employment skills to meet the specific demands of the labour market, thereby improving their chances of employment and safe release into the community.

Key activities include employment training and career planning programs for inmates as well as employment and job placement services for offenders after release. It is designed to allow offenders to acquire skills and develop the pro-social attitudes and behaviours that are valued by employers. This is a key part of CSC’s efforts to actively support offenders to become law-abiding citizens.

Note: The Planned Spending does not include expenditures funded from CORCAN Revolving Fund. The above financial table only includes expenditures that are funded by CSC appropriation, mainly the Correctional and Training Fee paid to CORCAN and the inmate remuneration expenditure.

Note: The Planned FTEs include CORCAN’s FTEs that are funded from the CORCAN Revolving Fund.

• Provide offenders with marketable employment skills such as “learning to work” and on-the-job skills development along with certified apprenticeship hours and vocational certificates certified through various partnerships that will assist offenders to be employment ready upon release.

The Community Supervision Program contributes to public safety through the administration of community operations, including the provision of accommodation options, establishment of community partnerships and provision of community health services as necessary. Community supervision provides the structure to assist offenders to safely and successfully reintegrate into society.

• Strengthen management and community capacity by implementing the Federal Community Corrections Strategyto identify and address specific targets to increase community capacity and thus enhance the safe reintegration of offenders under supervision in the community.

The Community Management and Security Program contributes to public safety by supervising and managing offenders in the community, and by gathering, analyzing, and sharing intelligence.

Key activities include supervising offenders, updating correctional plans, the Community Staff Safety Program, Electronic Monitoring, the National Centralized after hours Duty Office, the After Hours Victim Notification Program and the Correctional Service of Canada Tip Line program.

• Explore the use of technology and software to enhance the safety of community staff members and the public.
• Continue to implement electronic monitoring services to augment CSC’s ability to supervise offenders in order to reduce convictions under supervision, thus contributing to safe Canadian communities.

The Community-based Residential Facilities Program contributes to public safety by providing a structured and supportive environment during the gradual reintegration process. The program provides accommodation for offenders on parole, statutory release, temporary absence and Long Term Supervision Orders.

Note: Salary expenditures for offender supervision in the community, including the delivery of correctional programs, is accounted for under the Program 2.0. Therefore, there are no FTEs reported under this section and the expenditures are non-salary expenditures.

• Implement strategies to provide the flexibility required to appropriately respond to future offender population requirements.
• Enhance community accommodation for offenders in conjunction with community partners to establish the most appropriate accommodation options for offenders who are on conditional release, particularly those with special needs and/or with a residency requirement, and to respond to operational needs.

The Community Residential Facilities Program contributes to public safety by providing accommodation for offenders in what are commonly known as “halfway houses” as well as Hostels, Private Home Placements and Treatment Centres. Community Residential Facilities are operated by non-profit community-based agencies under contract with CSC and promote the successful reintegration of offenders into the community.

Key activities include providing supervision, intervention, support, monitoring and accommodation for offenders on release.

• Manage Community Residential Facility contracts to provide a continuous, integrated continuum of offender accommodation services allowing for improved planning in response to offender needs to support safe supervision strategies that provide the flexibility required to appropriately respond to future offender population requirements.

The Community Correctional Centres program contributes to public safety by managing federally-operated community-based residential facilities that provide a 24-hour structured living environment for the purpose of safely reintegrating offenders into the community. Community Correctional Centres accommodate offenders under federal jurisdiction who have been released to the community on unescorted temporary absences, day parole, full parole, work releases, statutory release, as well as those subject to Long-Term Supervision Orders.

• Ensure community accommodations for higher risk offenders by providing a structured living environment and appropriate supervision for those who have a residency requirement, thereby assisting in their successful and safe reintegration into the community.

The Community Health Services Program contributes to public safety by providing essential health services for offenders residing in a Community Correctional Centre, in accordance with professionally accepted standards. CSC pays, on a fee-for-service basis, the costs associated with essential health services for non-insured offenders in the community. In addition, as part of its Mental Health Strategy, CSC provides, at some community sites, mental health services to offenders with significant mental health challenges to contribute to their safe reintegration into the community.

Key activities include providing specialized mental health support and services to address mental health needs (e.g., crisis intervention and counselling), and links to community agencies.

• Collaborate with other jurisdictions on mental health in order to provide continuity of mental health services to offenders in the community.

Internal Services are groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. Internal services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization, and not those provided to a specific program. The groups of activities are Management and Oversight Services; Communications Services; Legal Services; Human Resources Management Services; Financial Management Services; Information Management Services; Information Technology Services; Real Property Services; Materiel Services; and Acquisition Services.

• Promote the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector and the CSC Values Statement by continuing to update existing values and ethics training components embedded in various CSC learning programs, as well as maintaining specialized training in Values and Ethics.
• Continue to collaborate with key stakeholders and increase awareness of Internal Disclosure and services of the Office of Conflict Management among staff and managers to promote the concept of respectful workplaces and engage staff in working together toward this achievement.
• Hold regular and open consultations with provincial / territorial partners at both regional and national levels to ensure that information is shared among the various jurisdictions, thus contributing to effective communications within the Canadian criminal justice system.
• Continue to support evidence-based corrections through the implementation of the 2015–16 Research Plan
• Implement CSC’s Strategic Plan for Human Resource Management 2015-2018.
• Continue to implement the National Recruitment & Retention Action Plan for health professionals.
• Continue to implement strategies that improve the wellbeing of all staff.
• Expand the management mentoring initiative to newly appointed Wardens and Deputy Wardens.
• Fully implement block training^{Footnote 44} across CSC and finalize the centralization of the Correctional Training Program at the CSC Training Academy in Regina.
• Review and reassess the governance of women’s corrections.
• Advance CSC’s multi-year action plan to implement the Treasury Board Policy on Internal Control and continue to enhance processes to monitor, analyze, and report on the financial situation
• Implement financial strategies in response to budgetary constraints and continue to enhance the resource allocation model.
• Continue to implement the CSC/Parole Board Canada IM/IT 2014–17 Business Plan.
• Finalize the standardization for materiel management across the organization, and strengthen contracting management.

The consolidated future-oriented condensed statement of operations provides a general overview of CSC’s operations. The forecast of financial information on expenses and revenues is prepared on an accrual accounting basis to strengthen accountability and to improve transparency and financial management.

Because the consolidated future-oriented condensed statement of operations is prepared on an accrual accounting basis, and the forecast and planned spending amounts presented in other sections of the Report on Plans and Priorities are prepared on an expenditure basis, amounts differ.

A more detailed consolidated future-oriented statement of operations and associated notes, including a reconciliation of the net cost of operations to the requested authorities, can be found on the Correctional Service of Canada’s website^{Endnote v}.

CSC’s 2015-16 planned expenses are projected to be $2,469,054,000. These expenses include planned spending presented in this Report on Plans and Priorities and also include expenses such as amortization, services provided without charge and accrued employee future benefits. CSC’s planned revenues are projected to be $38,868,000 in 2015-16. Revenues are primarily generated by the CORCAN revolving fund.

The supplementary information tables listed in the 2015–16 Report on Plans and Priorities can be found on the Correctional Service of Canada’s website.

Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy^{Endnote vi};
Disclosure of Transfer Payment Programs Under $5 Million^{Endnote vii};
Upcoming Internal Audits and Evaluations Over the Next Three Fiscal Years^{Endnote viii};
User Fees and Regulatory Charges^{Endnote ix}.

The tax system can be used to achieve public policy objectives through the application of special measures such as low tax rates, exemptions, deductions, deferrals and credits. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for these measures annually in the Tax Expenditures and Evaluations^{Endnote x} publication. The tax measures presented in the Tax Expenditures and Evaluations publication are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance.

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