Justice Stats and Religious Affiliation

Question

We have a student who wonders if there is anything (survey) identifying religious affiliation, i.e., Muslim, of prisoners in Canada?

Answer

Our justice contacts have confirmed that they do not collect data on religious affiliation of prisoners in Canada.

The student may be interested in the data Correctional Services Canada seems to collect. They appear to have offender counts by religion from a system called the Offender Management System (see information and basic counts at: http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/prgrm/chap/rsa/doc-eng.shtml).