Prevention Path related programming: (Details provided through consultation with local recreation and social service providers in Victoria BC, Spring, 2023)
- Youth drop-in program: $20.00
- Youth outreach services: 3 hours/week x $27/hr x 48 weeks=$3,888
- Substance use counsellor: 1 hr/week x $30/hr x 48 weeks= $1,440
- Group Programming: 2.5hrs program/week & 2.5 hours prep= 5 hours x 2 staff x $25/hr x 2 times/month x 12 months=$6,000
- Mileage/transportation: $400 per month per 12 on caseload-$33 per youth x 12 months=$396
- Program supplies/food: $50/month x 12 months=$600
Total for 1 year = $12,324
Current Path, Justice System related:
- One year’s probation: $18,000 (Source: https://johnhoward.ca/blog/financial-facts-canadian-prisons/ “The average cost per person per year for community supervision (parole, probation) was estimated by the Parliamentary Budget Officerat $18,000 (2018).”
- 8-month provincial conditional sentence (house arrest) for a criminal offense where a firearm was present: $5,214.82 (Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.938091/full: Cost of receiving a conditional sentence for a criminal offense where a firearm was present “house arrest” was $4,267 per person for provincial court services in 2016 CAN dollars. In Canada average length of conditional sentence is 8 months )https://www.torontodefencelawyers.com/conditional-sentences-house-arrest/); converted to 2023 CAN dollars using this: https://www.inflationtool.com/canadian-dollar/2016-to-present-value?amount=4267&year2=2023&frequency=yearly
- 15 days in provincial custody: $6,810 Source: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510001301&pickMembers%5B0%5D=1.12&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=2019+%2F+2020&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2020+%2F+2021&referencePeriods=20190101%2C20200101 Average daily inmate cost for custody under sentence in BC based on 2020/2021 data that was last modified May 2023 is $454 per person per day. Multiplied $454 by 15.
- Four years in federal prison for aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon: $485,408. Source: https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ccrso-2021/index-en.aspx#sec-b Annual average cost of keeping a male incarcerated in a federal institution is $121,352. Multiplied $121,352 by 4. Information from this source was based on 2019-2020 data and last modification date was March 2023.