OTTAWA—Federal prisons are not the hotbeds of radical extremism some make them out to be, according to research by the Correctional Service of Canada.
And compared to other inmates, radicalized offenders are more likely to have moderate-to-high potential for rejoining society.
The preliminary findings emerge from an ongoing, multi-year collaboration between the prison service and Defence Research and Development Canada aimed at developing a solid basis to assess and manage jailed extremists.
The Canadian Press used the Access to Information Act to obtain a 2014 summary of a series of academic studies undertaken by the Correctional Service’s research branch. Internal notes suggest the presentation, “Radicalized Offenders,” was prepared for the deputy ministers’ committee on national security.
