By the numbers: Ontario’s jails, detention and correctional centres
Posted May 4, 2017 2:01 pm.
Last Updated February 6, 2019 4:28 pm.
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Here’s a closer look at the numbers in “Segregation in Ontario,” a report released on Thursday by Howard Sapers, the province’s adviser on corrections reform.
58,835: total new admissions
22,445: total segregation admissions
7/10: inmates in segregation who have not yet been convicted and are legally innocent
43%: inmates presenting with mental health issues are housed in segregation
1,300: inmates who spent more than 60 days in segregation
22: inmates who spent more than a year in segregation
5: inmates who have been in segregation for three years or more
50,652: number of male admissions
19,587: number of male segregation admissions
8,183: number of female admissions
2,878: number of female segregation admissions
143: number of transgendered admissions
165: number of transgendered segregation admissions
2%: Ontario’s indigenous population
13%: indigenous inmate population
575: inmates, on average, who are in segregation on any given day
12 days: average stay in segregation
14 days: average stay for inmates with mental health or suicide risk alerts
30%: how much more time inmates with mental health problems or at suicide risk spend in segregation
