Most of Canada’s Dangerous Offenders Housed in Medium- and Minimum-Security Prisons

A correctional officer enters the gate at Millhaven Institution in Bath, Ontario, on Oct. 17, 2018. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg

Federal statistics show most of the 700 offenders deemed most dangerous in Canada are housed in medium- and minimum-security prisons.

The data were tabled in Parliament in response to a written question from Frank Caputo, a Conservative member of Parliament from British Columbia.