Correctional Service Canada spent more than $15,000 to send convicted sex offender Donnie Snook to his father's funeral in St. John's, N.L., according to records obtained under federal access to information.

Snook's trip cost $15,183.16 in total, records show.

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The biggest expense was 98.5 hours of overtime for the two officers who accompanied him. That cost $6,829.61.

CSC paid $5,852.70 for flights to and from St. John's for Snook and the two officers, plus $94.50 in baggage fees and $138.60 in fees paid to HRG, a travel management company.

Snook's meals cost $173.60, while CSC paid $720.80 to feed the two correctional officers during the trip.

Correctional Service Canada spent more than $15,000 on an escorted temporary absence for Donnie Snook, records show, pictured here in a Corner Brook, N.L., courtroom in 2013.

While Snook stayed at Her Majesty's Penitentiary, CSC had to pay for hotel costs for the two correctional officers, totaling $978.56. It also covered the costs of a rental car, fuel and airport parking.

Snook may have to cover some of the costs himself.

An inmate released on a temporary absence can be asked to contribute to expenses, which would involve dipping into the fund where prisoners keep their prison earnings and other money.

Donnie Snook appealing sentence.

Tue, Sep 30: It’s a case that has set a precedent for other child sex exploitation cases. After being handed a sentence of 18 years in prison, disgraced former Saint John councillor Donnie Snook appealed on the grounds the sentence was unreasonable. Laura Brown reports.

Let’s stop sexual harassment and violence

Studies by David Finkelhor, Director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, show that:

1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse;
Self-report studies show that 20% of adult females and 5-10% of adult males recall a childhood sexual assault or sexual abuse incident;
During a one-year period in the U.S., 16% of youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized;
Over the course of their lifetime, 28% of U.S. youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized;
Children are most vulnerable to CSA between the ages of 7 and 13.