L’absence temporaire dans les établissements de détention du Québec

Abstract

In this article the author exposes the situation of prison overcrowding in facilities in the province of Québec. He brings forth the fact that leave of absences have been used to respond to this situation and states that these programs are acceptable means of managing carcéral populations. He bases his statements on the spacial comparison of the rates of leave of absences and the rates of overcrowding between 1989 and 1992, and this by various administrative regions of Québec.