Or, lorsque la loi impose l’emprisonnement à toutes les personnes qui ont commis certains délits, et ce, indépendamment des circonstances entourant la commission de l’infraction, des caractéristiques particulières des personnes qui ont commis le délit et de la possibilité de voir ces personnes réhabilitées, le potentiel de criminaliser davantage ces personnes se concrétise.
[Translation] When the law requires that everyone who has committed certain offences be sentenced to imprisonment, regardless of the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offence, the specific characteristics of the persons who have committed the offence and the possibility of those persons being rehabilitated, there is a real possibility that these people will become further criminalized.