Thank you, Madam Chair. As you can appreciate, corrections is a difficult environment in which people work. There can be, at times, altercations between staff and inmates. On an ongoing basis we ensure that corrections officers and staff working in the facility have training to ensure they can function in as safe a manner as possible. That includes de-escalation techniques, it includes being able to engage with inmates in an effective manner and in a safe manner. We also have a number of newer things that we are engaged in. The Minister has mentioned some of them. We ensure that staff have appropriate orientations and understand safety procedures in the facility. We make sure that we’re up to date on items like fire drills, fire safety and those kinds of standard processes.

We have made sure that all of the occupational health and safety committees are active and that staff are aware of what’s taking place in those committees. The information is disseminated to staff. We also are making sure we are well aligned with the Safe Advantage Program. We are considering other processes that include looking at the trends we have around injuries and accidents in our workplaces, and working with WSCC to put into place further training and programs to reduce those accidents. If we’re seeing a high frequency of accidents, for example, related to falls in the workplace or sprains, then we would bring the WSCC in to help deliver training to staff on those issues. As well, we would be very focused with the particular staff who have had those injuries to work with them one on one to determine what we can do to reduce recurrence of those types of incidents.