Performance Delivery Context - Federal Admissions

Federal Admissions

Tables 16-23

There are two types of admissions to federal custody: admissions on warrants of committal (new federal sentence) and admissions due to revocations (same sentence). Admissions that do not fall strictly into these two categories, such as federal-provincial transfers, interprovincial exchange of service, transfers from foreign countries, etc. are placed into the category Other.

• The total number of federal admissions in 2017/18 decreased 0.8% (to 7,387).

Figure 9. Federal Admissions

*Includes transfers from foreign countries, exchanges of service, supervision terminated, etc.

Federal admissions on initial warrants of committal (first-time federal offenders) decreased 1.1% (to 3,806) in 2017/18, while federal admissions on repeat warrants of committal increased 8.7% (to 1,286) compared to the previous year.

• Federal admissions due to revocations decreased (-3.0%; to 2,218) in 2017/18.
• In 2017/18, federal admissions on warrants of committal increased in the Ontario (+6.9%) and Prairie (+0.4%) regions and decreased in the Atlantic (-2.4%), Quebec (-0.7%) and Pacific (-4.4%) regions. Federal admissions due to revocations increased in the Prairie region (+4.2%) and decreased in the other regions: Atlantic (-15.6%), Quebec (-0.5%), Ontario (-0.6%) and Pacific (-18.5%) regions.
• In the last five years (between 2013/14 and 2017/18), offenders in the Other race category were the most likely to be admitted on initial warrants of committal and White offenders were the most likely to be admitted on repeat warrants of committal. Indigenous offenders were the most likely to be admitted to federal custody on all types of revocations.
• During the same time period, female federal offenders were more likely to be admitted on initial warrants of committal and male federal offenders were more likely to be admitted on repeat warrants of committal and on all types of revocations.
• When looking at the offence profile in 2017/18, there were no substantial changes in the proportions of admissions for offenders serving sentences for murder and non-violent offences (schedule II and non-scheduled offences). The proportion of federal admissions increased for offenders serving sentences for schedule I-non-sex offences (+1.7%) and decreased for offenders serving sentences for schedule I-sex offences (-1.3%) in 2017/18 compared to 2016/17.
• The average age of a first-time federal offender admitted to custody has increased slightly over the last five years. In 2017/18, 41% of federal admissions on initial warrants of committal (first-time federal offenders) were for offenders between 18-29 years of age, and 28% were for offenders between 30-39 years of age. By comparison, in 2013/14, first-time federal offenders between 18-29 years of age accounted for 46% of federal admissions on initial warrants of committal, and those between 30-39 years of age accounted for 24% of federal admissions on initial warrants of committal.
• The majority of first-time Black offenders admitted to federal custody over the last five years were between 18 to 29 years of age, accounting for 57% of federal admissions on initial warrants of committal for this group, followed by Indigenous offenders (56%), the two youngest groups. By comparison, 36% of admissions of first-time federal White offenders and 39% of admissions of first-time federal Asian offenders were for offenders between 18 to 29 years of age during the same reference period. The proportion was 43% for offenders in the Other category.

Table 16. Federal Admissions to Institutions

Definition: ‘Repeat warrant of committal’ is when an offender, after completing a first federal sentence, subsequently receives another federal sentence. ‘Other’ includes transfers from foreign countries, supervision terminated, exchange of services, provincial transfers, etc.
Note: The number of admissions may be greater than the number of offenders admitted to federal institutions, as an offender could be admitted to an institution more than once during the same year.

Table 17. Federal Admissions to Institutions by Region

Note: Excluded were ‘other’ admissions, such as transfers from foreign countries, supervision terminated, exchange of services, provincial transfers, etc.

Table 18. Federal Admissions to Institutions by Indigenous and Race (between 2013/14 and 2017/18)

*Includes transfers from foreign countries, supervision terminated, exchange of services, provincial transfers, etc.

Table 19. Federal Admissions to Institutions by Gender (between 2013/14 and 2017/18)

*Includes transfers from foreign countries, supervision terminated, exchange of services, provincial transfers, etc.

Table 20. Federal Admissions to Institutions by Offence Type

Table 21. Proportions of Admissions by Offence Type for Warrants of Committal and due to Revocations (%)

Note: Excluded were ‘other’ admissions, such as transfers from foreign countries, supervision terminated, exchange of services, provincial transfers, etc.

Table 22. Age at Admission on Initial Warrants of Committal

Table 23. Average Age at Admission on Initial Warrants of Committal by Indigenous and Race (between 2013/14 and 2017/18)