Most of Canada’s Incarcerated Dangerous Offenders Are in Medium-Security Prisons: Document

Convicted serial rapist and killer Paul Bernardo in a file photo. The Canadian Press

The number of prisoners classified as “dangerous offenders” who are jailed in medium-security prisons is five times that of maximum-security facilities, according to government data.

Of 736 dangerous offenders, there are 580 in medium security institutions, with 99 in maximum security, and 57 in minimum security, says information from the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) filed by the government in an Inquiry of Ministry on Sept. 18.