 Canada, per capita puts more people in prison than any other industrialized nation except the US.  Prisons have a poor record in turning offenders into responsible citizens or rehabilitating them.

 First large prison in Canada was the Kingston Penitentiary, built in 1839  Facts:  There are about prisoners in federal pens, served by about 9000 staff  Canada spends about 2 billion dollars on its federal and provincial penal systems  It costs between $ to $ per year to provide for an inmate  35-40% of inmates are non-violent drug or property offenders.

 Facts cont’d  20% of robbery offenders, involving force or threat of force, are not necessarily violent  Almost all federal pen inmates are between years old  Out of inmates, the number of women is 400  40% of women are in prison for non-violent offences  The largest number of violent female offenders committed acts in domestic situations in which they were victims of abuse

 1) To punish the offender:  2) To protect the public:  3) To deter others from committing a similar crime:  4) To rehabilitate the offender: