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        Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Custody services address sentenced and remanded offenders. Remanded offenders have not been found guilty of an offence so participation in programs and services is not mandatory.

However, the case management policy does apply to sentenced offenders and requires each offender to participate in a re-integration plan that focuses on their activities that lead to crime or criminality and applies intervention strategies that are effective.

Average daily inmate cost in Saskatchewan

The average daily cost to incarcerate an inmate includes the administration and maintenance costs to operate the Adult Institutional Division of the Ministry.  Staff salaries, their travel, inmate meals and building operating costs are included.

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

128.67

139.09

135.04

135.04

157.16

160.47

These figures do not include accommodation costs and collective agreement employee benefits such as supplemental health benefits, dental plan benefits, employer contributions to pension plans, etc.

Average daily combined sentenced and remand count

This table includes inmates serving intermittent sentences, straight provincial sentences, a fine default warrant and a federal sentence while waiting transfer to a federal penitentiary.  It also includes an inmate being held on remand, parole suspension or on immigration hold.

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

1244

1354

1365

1442

1530

1513

Provincial Sentences

An offender who has less than two years to be served from the latest date of sentencing shall serve that sentence of incarceration in a provincial correctional centre.  The different types of sentences are sorted into three categories: 

1)      Pure provincial sentences
2)      Intermittent sentences, and
3)      Fine default sentences.  

In Saskatchewan, offenders serving provincial sentences earn remission and are eligible for parole through the Federal Parole Board.  

Sentenced offenders are also eligible for release under provincial supervision for the last 60 days of their sentence.  This program, known as Extended Authorized Absence [EAAP] functions as a period of re-integration to bridge the offender back into the community.  EAAP is administered by the Correctional Centre and acts like a short parole.  Offenders who violate the conditions of their EAAP are returned to the Correctional Centre on program violation where they are subject to the loss of remission and must serve the remainder of their sentence.  

Average daily sentenced count  

Average Sentenced Count – reports all inmates serving a sentence and includes dual status offenders who have both a sentence and a remand order running concurrently. 

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total 827 834 876 812 869 950 997

Average daily sentenced count by ethnicity  

The average daily count by ethnicity for offender serving custodial sentences (does not include remand and other holds) during fiscal 2010 – 2011 was: 

Ethnicity Federal Sentence Fine Defaults Intermittent Provincial Sentence Total
Métis 13% 5% 4% 11% 11%
Non-Aboriginal 29% 21% 43% 21% 21%
Non-Status 4% 2% 9% 4%
Not Declared 2% 1% 3% 1% 1%
Status 52% 71% 42% 63% 63%
Total 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Average daily sentenced count by sex  

Sex Federal Sentence Fine Defaults Intermittent Provincial Sentence Total
Male 93% 94% 92% 89% 90%
Female 7% 6% 8% 11% 10%
Total 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

  New admissions to provincial sentence:

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Aboriginal 2265 2298 2432 2293 2493 2078 2915
Non-Aboriginal 625 573 507 485 592 593 698
Not Stated 33 40 48 43 47 46 42
Total 2923 2911 2987 2821 3132 2717 3655

 

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Male 2598 2514 2564 2447 2653 2364 3130
Female 325 397 423 374 479 353 525
Total 2923 2911 2987 2821 3132 2717 3655

New admissions to intermittent sentence:

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Aboriginal 80 88 78 114 66 75 90
Non-Aboriginal 38 49 21 3 41 47 82
Not Stated 4 3 3 4 1 5 6
Total 122 140 103 121 108 127 178

 

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Male 115 131 94 113 99 116 165
Female 7 9 9 8 9 11 13
Total 122 140 103 121 108 127 178

 

New admissions to pure fine default sentence

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Aboriginal 128 100 93 103 88 145 230
Non-Aboriginal 42 30 21 28 33 48 38
Not Stated 2 2 3 3 4 2 4
Total 172 132 117 134 125 195 272

 

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Male 154 119 104 113 110 172 247
Female 18 13 13 21 15 23 25
Total 172 132 117 134 125 195 272

 



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