Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in 1998-1999 for adult facilities it was $11,333,000. This is prior to division. So we had a total budget for the whole Northwest Territories, and 1999-2000 was the division year. That is when about $5 million was taken out of our base in anticipation of a fairly large number of inmates from Nunavut, and the numbers that come. So as a result, we have increased the adult facility base to $11,881,000, to make up for it. In 1999-2000, those costs overruns were because of the Inuit inmates were not in there, and it still costs the same whether you have 20 inmates or 60 inmates. It does not make a difference. You have to have a certain number of correctional workers to take care of 20 and at the same, it is the same number to take care of 60, so we had to put that back into the base. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Committee Motion 16-14(3): Recommendation That The Minister Instruct The Department Of Justice To Place A Greater Emphasis On Literacy In Inmate Programming (carried)
In the Legislative Assembly on July 4th, 2000. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 16-14(3): Recommendation That The Minister Instruct The Department Of Justice To Place A Greater Emphasis On Literacy In Inmate Programming (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
July 4th, 2000
Page 428
Jim Antoine Nahendeh
See context to find out what was said next.