The funding requirement and impact of the "Truth in Sentencing Act" on the correctional system in Canada : Besoin de financement et impact de la Loi sur l'adéquation de la peine et du crime sur le système correctionnel au Canada

Given the sheer scope of the request and the significant problems associated with data availability from relevant departments, the scope of this study is limited to a high level estimation of the costs associated with the implementation of C-25, the “Truth in Sentencing Act”. [...] In order to examine the financial impact and funding requirements to the federal and provincial/territorial correctional systems, including the impacts of the Act, the PBO financial model consists of the future projections relating to: New construction costs, which consist of expenditures required to be reserved for the construction of new federal and provincial/territorial correctional faciliti [...] This model provides an estimate of the financial impact of the “Truth in Sentencing Act” using data from FY2007-08 to estimate the cost to the federal government of the Act in the hypothetical scenario that it had been in force in FY2007-08. [...] Page 12 FY2010-11 FY2011-12 FY2012-13 FY2013-14 FY2014-15 FY2015-16 Total Funding Requirement and Impact of the “Truth in Sentencing Act” The shift in the magnitude and share of the annual funding requirements to the provincial and territorial correctional departments are largely based (1) on a shifting proportion of the sentenced vs. [...] Note: The focus of the PBO report is on the financial impact on account of implementing the “Truth in Sentencing Act” and not on the policy merits of the legislation.