Parliamentary Committee Notes: Mother Child Program
The safety and security of children who participate in the Mother-Child program is a top priority for the Correctional Service of Canada.
There are rigorous eligibility criteria protocols in place for participation in this program.
This includes child welfare screening completed by provincial and territorial child and family services, as well as ensuring that people residing in the Mother Child Living Unit have not been convicted of an offence against a child.
Children are supervised at all times and no child is ever left unattended.
Since the program was implemented in 2001, there have been over 170 participants and no child has ever been harmed.