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Legislative Assembly","@language":"en"}],"DateAvailable":[{"@value":"2019-01-10","@language":"en"}],"DateIssued":[{"@value":"1974","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0376289\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" annual report\nof the\nCORRECTIONS\nBRANCH\nDEPARTMENT OF THE\nATTORNEY-GENERAL\nfor the year ended March 31\n1973\nPRINTED BY\nAUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY\n  The Honourable Walter Stewart Owen, Q.C., LL.D.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nThe Annual Report of the Corrections Branch for the year ended March 31, 1973,\nis herewith respectfully submitted.\nAlex. Macdonald\nA ttorney-General\nAttorney-General's Office, January 1974.\n  Department of the Attorney-General,\ncorrections service,\nvancouver, b.c.,\nNovember 1, 1973\nThe Honourable Alex. Macdonald,\nA ttorney-General,\nParliament Buildings,\nVictoria, B.C.\nSir:\nI have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Corrections Branch for the\n12 months ended March 31, 1973.\nRespectfully submitted,\nEDGAR W. EPP,\nDeputy Minister of Corrections\n  CONTENTS\nInstitutions\nRegional correctional centres     9\nSpecialized facilities  12\nForestry camps  12\nYoung Offender Programmes  13\nFacilities for chronic alcoholics  14\nDiscipline and security  14\nInstitutions staff -  15\nStaff-training  15\nConstruction and works  16\nProbation\nAdult probation  17\nChildren in conflict with the law  17\nCommunity involvement  18\nStaff-training  18\nClassification  19\nTreatment and training programmes\nIndividual and group counselling  20\nInstitutional maintenance programmes  20\nProduction programmes  20\nForestry programmes  21\nVocational training  21\nAcademic education  21\nRecreation  21\nReligious programmes  22\nCommunity service programmes  23\nInstitutional use of community volunteers  23\nTemporary absence programme  24\nMedical, dental, and psychiatric services  25\nB.C. Board of Parole 26\nAppendices\nPopulation graph  28\nStatistical tables  29\n  DIRECTORY OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES\nRegional correctional centres\nLower Mainland Region\n1. Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre\u2014This facility serves as the receiving\ncentre for the Lower Mainland Region, as well as holding remand and appeal cases. In addition,\na number of fairly well-defined groups of offenders are classified to this multipurpose institution:\n(a) Drug addicts, mainly hard-core heroin-users:\n(b) Physically disabled, and other medical and psychiatric cases:\n(c) Overt and aggressive homosexuals:\n(d) Miscellaneous short-term cases:\n(e) Day parole\/work release candidates for the region.\n2. Women's Unit of Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre\u2014Serves as the receiving\ncentre for sentenced female offenders from all parts of British Columbia. One cottage is used\nfor those cases with very short sentences. A small number of offenders with sentences of a\nfew months and a history of alcoholism or problems with alcohol are transferred to Twin\nMaples Farm.\nThe remainder is composed mainly of offenders addicted to heroin, security risks, the\npsychologically unstable, or medical cases. They are kept in the main building of the unit.\n3. Mount Thurston and Ford Mountain Camps\u2014Located in the Chilliwack Valley, and\nserve as minimum security facilities for inmates transferred from Lower Mainland Regional\nCorrectional Centre. For the most part these camps receive older offenders showing a fair\nrange of criminal sophistication or inadequacy, but who are not drug addicts, escape risks, or\nserious behavioural problems.\nVancouver Island Region\n1. Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre\u2014Outside Victoria, which acts as the\nreceiving centre for sentenced offenders as well as holding remand and appeal cases. As with\nLower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, problem cases of a psychological, medical, or\nsecurity nature are kept at this institution.\n2. Snowdon and Lakeview Forest Camps\u2014Located north of Campbell River, they serve as\nminimum security housing for the region. All inmates are received upon transfer from Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre. Lakeview was used for the recidivist in the latter\nstages of a sentence, provided his progress had been satisfactory at Vancouver Island Regional\nCorrectional Centre, until December 1972. Because of the reduction in numbers of minimum\nsecurity inmates, operation of the Lakeview Camp was discontinued in December 1972.\nInterior Region\n1. Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre\u2014Near the city of Kamloops, takes all sentenced\nprisoners from the Interior and Kootenay areas. A small number of remand and waiting-trial\ncases are kept here.\nAs the centre itself has a limited capacity, all but the most difficult security and medical\ncases are transferred to camps.\n2. Rayleigh Camp\u2014Is a short distance outside the city and takes short-sentence inmates.\nMost such cases have less than one month to serve and tend to be nomadic alcoholics.\n3. Clearwater Forest Camp\u2014In the Wells Gray Provincial Park, receives all inmates with\nlonger sentences who are fit for work in the forest.\nPrince George Region\n1. Prince George Regional Correctional Centre\u2014Performs the same function for the north\nof the Province.\n2. Hutda Lake Forest Camp\u2014Thirty miles outside Prince George, receives on transfer\ninmates suitable for work in the forest.\n3. Farm Trailer Camp\u2014Located on the grounds of the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre and provides housing for those with sentences of less than one month or medical\ncases not fit for transfer to Hutda.\n W 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSpecialized young-offender facilities\nHaney Correctional Centre\u2014Is the placement utilized for 40 to 45 per cent of the young\noffenders with definite-indeterminate sentences. It offers a broad range of academic, vocational,\nwork, and counselling programmes, as well as a good level of security for the unstable types.\nMost of the juveniles transferred to adult Court require the security of this institution. Haney\nCorrectional Centre thus receives a wide range of young offenders from the grossly immature\nand disturbed or inadequate to the more stable offender who shows a capacity and motivation\nfor vocational or academic courses.\nSelected short-term offenders are housed in Pine Ridge Forest Camp, a satellite camp of the\nHaney Correctional Centre. Many of them return during the day to the main institution for a\ncourse or work placement.\nStave Lake Camp\u2014An additional resource for inmates serving their first gaol sentence.\nNew Haven Correctional Centre\u2014Is a small, open, Borstal-type facility in the metropolitan Vancouver area. The offender's basic stability and capacity for response to an intensive\nresponsibility-type training are key factors to be considered. Apart from this, New Haven\naccepts a fairly broad range of delinquents.\nBoulder Bay and Centre Creek Forest Camps\u2014Both offer a high-demand type of graded\ntraining programme. The one at Boulder Bay is of four months' duration; at Centre Creek, six\nmonths'. The content of the final training stage includes mountain-climbing, wilderness survival,\nsearch and rescue, and forest fire-fighting. Groups from both camps have distinguished themselves in fighting forest fires and finding lost hunters and hikers.\nFacilities for chronic alcoholics\nAlouette River Unit\u2014Accommodates male alcoholics who are held on a detaining order\nimposed by the Courts under an amendment to the Summary Convictions Act. Only the Cities\nof Vancouver and Prince George have so far invoked the use of this legislation. Men at the unit\nundergo a course of treatment in which they are brought face to face with their problems,\ndiscuss them, hopefully gain a greater insight into their behaviour, and learn ways to live full\nand useful lives without having to have recourse to alcohol.\nAll cases are admitted direct to the institution, and the length of the treatment period\ndepends on the individual's ability to profit from it. Men are released under a probation order\nto the community when they are deemed fit.\nTwin Maples Farm\u2014Performs the same function for female alcoholics and comes under\nthe same administration. The legislation for females has been invoked on a Province-wide basis.\nIn spite of this, the number of admissions is very low.\nYoung female offenders with definite-indeterminate sentences are classified to a cottage on\nthe grounds for a specialized training programme geared to their age-range.\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH, 1972\/73\nAdministrative staff\nDEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL\nCORRECTIONS SERVICE\nThe Honourable Alex. Macdonald, Q.C., Attorney-General\nGilbert D. Kennedy, Q.C., Deputy Attorney-General\nSENIOR CORRECTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF\nS. Rocksborough Smith, Director of Correction and Chief Probation Officer\nM. A. Matheson, Deputy Director of Correction\nC. D. Davidson, Assistant Chief Probation Officer\nW 11\nHEADQUARTERS STAFF OFFICERS\nA. K. Brind-Sheridan\nProbation Staff Training Officer\nG. R. Bulmer\nSenior Medical Officer\nR. E. Fitchett\nStaff Officer\u2014Personnel\nE. M. Pierce\nStaff Officer\u2014Correctional Programmes\nRev. E. J. Hulford\nSenior Protestant Chaplain\nRev. T. F. M. Corcoran\nSenior Roman Catholic Chaplain\nMrs. M. M. Berg\nStaff Officer\u2014Services\nS. A. Thorvaldson\nSupervisor of Classification and Research\nCORRECTIONAL CENTRE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF\nW. H. Mulligan\nWarden, Lower Mainland Regional\nCorrectional Centre\nJ. W. Bellis\nWarden, Haney Correctional Centre\nH. B. Bjarnason\nWarden, Prince George Correctional Centre\nO. J. Walling\nWarden, Alouette River Unit\nV. H. Goad\nDirector, New Haven Correctional Centre\nW. Scott (to June 30, 1972)\nG. J. Chapple (from Aug. 1, 1972)\nWarden, Kamloops Regional Correctional\nCentre\nS. A. L. Hamblin\nWarden, Vancouver Island Regional\nCorrectional Centre\nand Sayward Forest Camps\nG. J. Chapple (to July 31, 1972)\nB. W. Tate (from Aug. 1,1972)\nOfficer-in-Charge, Chilliwack Forest Camps\nPROBATION ADMINISTRATION STAFF\nK. M. Richardson\nSupervisor, Vancouver Region\nA. E. Jones\nSupervisor, Vancouver Island Region\nR. G. McKellar\nSupervisor, Northern Region\nO. E. Hollands\nSupervisor, Fraser Valley Region\nJ. Wiebe\nSupervisor, Interior Region\nJ. V. Sabourin\nSupervisor, Parole and Special Services\nBRITISH COLUMBIA PAROLE BOARD\nC. J. A. Dalton (Chairman)\nMrs. T. G. Norris\nE. Kelly\nMembers\nDr. G. Kirkpatrick\nA. Watts (Vice-Chairman)\n W 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nINSTITUTIONS\nRegional correctional centres\n1. Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre\u2014This facility contains\nunits for both remand and sentenced persons, male and female. The men's\nremand unit receives and holds all males over the age of 17 who are awaiting\ntrial.   The units for sentenced males contain several differing groups:\n(a) Drug addicts, mainly hard-core heroin-users:\n(b) Physically disabled, and other medical and psychiatric cases:\n( c ) Overt or aggressive homosexuals:\n(d) Offenders serving sentences under 60 days:\n(e) Work and educational release candidates within the Greater Vancouver area:\n(\/) Persons serving intermittent sentences.\nThe women's unit serves as a remand centre and a facility for sentenced female\noffenders from throughout the Province.   All those female offenders who require\nsecure facilities or who are criminally sophisticated remain at the women's unit.\n2. Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre\u2014This facility serves the\nVancouver Island region as a remand centre and holds those sentenced persons who,\nby reason of being security risks, or for medical or other reasons, cannot be transferred to a minimum security facility.\nThe centre is an old, outdated building. Renovations of certain portions of\nthe facility have been undertaken. However, further extensive renovation is required\nif continued use of the facility is to be made.\n3. Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre\u2014This facility exists within the city\nof Kamloops and serves as both a remand centre and a facility for sentenced persons\nfrom within the Interior region. Persons from the Okanagan and Kootenays are\nheld in this centre as well as those from the area around Kamloops.\nThe programme of this facility is severely limited by the physical plan. The\nfacilities were taken over on a temporary basis but have continued in use. Living\naccommodation for those awaiting trial and for sentenced offenders is inadequate.\nThere are inadequate provisions for security and consequently those who are held\non remand for a lengthy period of time or who are in need of being held in a very\nsecure situation are transferred to the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional\nCentre. Planning to provide alternative and additional facilities and programmes\nfor the Interior region, both in Kamloops and in other locations within the region,\nis a definite priority.\n4. Prince George Regional Correctional Centre\u2014This centre provides facilities\nfor those awaiting trial and also serves as a remand centre and a facility for sentenced\noffenders from the north. This facility is more adequate than any of the other\nregional correctional facilities in that it is of more recent construction and has a\npopulation which can be handled well within one facility.\nSpecialized facilities\nForestry camps\nThroughout the Province, forestry camps have been developed to accommodate those sentenced persons who can be housed within minimal security requirements.  The work programmes of the forestry camp are developed in conjunction\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH, 1972\/73 W 13\nwith the Department of Forestry of the Province and provide an opportunity for\nwork and training for offenders in fields related to British Columbia's major industry.\n1. Chilliwack Forest Camps\u2014Mount Thurston and Ford Mountain Camps,\npart of the Chilliwack Forest Camps complex located in the Chilliwack Valley,\nserve those offenders who can take advantage of their programme from within the\nLower Mainland area.\n2. Pine Ridge and Stave Lake Camps\u2014These camps are operated as satellites\nof Haney Correctional Centre. They are designed to serve relatively unsophisticated\noffenders. The Stave Lake Camp, in particular, houses those persons who are\nserving their first gaol sentence. The Stave Lake Camp programme has been undertaken in a three-way partnership between the B.C. Corrections Service, the B.C.\nForest Service, and B.C. Hydro. The major focus of its work programme is cleaning the debris from Stave Lake with the long-term goal of enhancing the lake's\npotential as a public recreational site.\n3. Snowdon Forest Camp and Lakeview Forest Camp\u2014These camps provide\nminimum security forestry camp placements for offenders from the Vancouver Island\nregion. In November 1972, the Lakeview Forest Camp was closed due to the small\nnumber of minimum security offenders available for placement in this camp.\n4. Rayleigh Camp and Clearwater Forest Camp\u2014These camps are operated\nas satellites of the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre and provide minimum\nsecurity facilities for offenders from the Interior region. The Rayleigh Camp programme is focused on farming activities in addition to some forestry work. The\nClearwater Forest Camp near the Wells Gray Provincial Park is located approximately 90 miles from Kamloops.\n5. Hutda Lake Forest Camp\u2014This camp is located approximately 30 miles\nfrom the city of Prince George and operated as a satellite of the Prince George\nRegional Correctional Centre. This camp provides minimum security facilities for\noffenders from throughout the northern region of the Province.\nYoung Offender Programmes\n1. Haney Correctional Centre\u2014This centre offers a broad range of academic,\nvocational, work, and counselling programmes within a medium security setting.\nForty to forty-five per cent of young offenders throughout the Province are classified\nthrough this centre. While this centre offers the advantage of a wide range of\nprogramme resources, it suffers the disadvantage of size in that it is required to\naccommodate a wide range of offenders. Offenders within this centre vary from the\ngrossly immature, disturbed, or inadequate offender to the more stable offender who\nshows capacity and motivation for good use of the programme facilities.\n2. New Haven Correctional Centre\u2014This facility, modelled on the British\nBorstal System, is ideally located in the metropolitan Vancouver area. It is small in\nsize, accommodating between 40 and 50 persons. Both its size and location have\ncontributed to the development of a long-standing relationship with volunteers\nthrough the B.C. Borstal Association. Members of the association serve as sponsors\nfor the young adult offenders released from the New Haven Centre.\n3. Boulder Bay Camp and Centre Creek Camp\u2014Both of these camps offer an\nOutward Bound Programme for young offenders. Since early 1973 both camps\nhaving been offering programmes of four months' duration. Centre Creek is utilized for younger persons in the 15 to 17-year age-range. Boulder Bay Camp\naccommodates older persons (18 to 21 years) who are generally more criminally\n W 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nsophisticated and frequently have completed programmes within other young\noffender facilities. During the final month of the four-month graded programme\nwithin each of these camps, activities such as mountain-climbing, wilderness survival,\nsearch and rescue, and fire-fighting are provided. Groups from both of these camps\nhave distinguished themselves in fighting forest fires and participating in search and\nrescue operations for lost hunters and climbers.\nFacilities for Chronic Alcoholics\n1. Alouette River Unit\u2014This facility is located in Maple Ridge and provides\nprogrammes for offenders who have problems relating to the use of alcohol. Both\nthose serving definite sentences and those who are held on a detaining order imposed\nunder section 64a of the Summary Convictions Act are held at this centre.\nThe centre's programme includes didactic sessions on the nature of alcoholism,\ngroup counselling, and discussion sessions, and individual counselling. These programme components are directed toward assisting the alcohol offender in developing\ngreater insight into his behaviour and finding ways to live without dependency\nupon alcohol.\nThose with definite sentences are classified from throughout the Province to\nthis centre. Those who have been detained under the relevant section of the Summary Convictions Act come only from Vancouver and Prince George. These are\nthe only cities in the Province in which the legislation has been invoked to date.\nIt is the finding of the staff of this centre that those incarcerated under the\ncompulsory treatment provisions of the Summary Convictions Act are most frequently unmotivated and make very little use of the programme. Because of this,\nfurther examination should be undertaken regarding the merit of the compulsory\ntreatment provisions of the Summary Convictions Act. The facility appears to serve\nbetter the needs of those offenders who have alcohol problems and who seek participation in a programme focused on treatment.\n2. Twin Maples Farm\u2014This farm is operated as a satellite of the Alouette\nRiver Unit, for females. It provides a similar programme for females with problems\nof alcoholic use. In addition, the facility serves as a training unit for young female\noffenders who can cope with minimum security facilities.\nWhile section 64a of the Summary Convictions Act has been invoked on a\nProvince-wide basis for females, relatively little use has been made of it.\nDiscipline and security\nDuring the year, large institutions noted an increase in the numbers of violations of gaol rules and regulations which occurred. However, smaller institutions\nreported a reduction in the incidents of disciplinary infractions. This would suggest\nthat smaller institutions provide an environment which is less likely to stimulate\nbehavioural problems. This may be partially due to the greater possibility in smaller\ninstitutions of closer staff-inmate relationships.\nDuring the year the Lower Mainland Centre noted a sharp increase in the\nnumber of fires deliberately set by aggressive and disturbed inmates.\nA serious disturbance and mass escape attempt took place at the Women's\nUnit, Lower Mainland Centre, in September 1972. This incident was brought under\ncontrol with a minimum degree of difficulty.\nSafe custody of the mentally ill or disturbed person intent on suicide is of\nincreasing concern at the Lower Mainland Centre. In spite of great care and surveillance by concerned staff, two suicides occurred during the year.\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH, 1972\/73 W 15\nEach of the regional correctional centres, except the Prince George Centre,\nexperienced a slight increase in the number of escapes during the year. As in the\npast, the greater number of escapes were from forest camps or other minimum\nsecurity facilities. Five of the thirteen escapes reported by the Lower Mainland\nCentre were persons who were unlawfully at large through failing to return from\nwork release.\nThe continuing high number of escapes from the Alouette River Unit by persons on confirming orders, under section 64a of the Summary Convictions Act,\ngives cause for concern. Most of these escapees were in the late stages of alcoholism\nand were objecting to the lack of availability of sedating, pain-relieving, or tranquillizing drugs.\nInstitutions staff\nClearly, staff within the Corrections Branch continue to obtain the greatest\nsatisfaction in those centres where populations are small and the focus of the centre's\ngoals is clear and understood by all. In the larger centres, particularly Lower\nMainland and Haney, concern continues to be expressed because of the feelings of\nfrustration and lack of accomplishment which accompany attempts to handle large\nnumbers of increasingly difficult persons with widely varying needs. For example,\nthe closing down of the Westgate A Programme at the Lower Mainland Centre was\nregretted by staff because they viewed this decision as a loss of opportunity to work\nmore intensively with a relatively small number of inmates.\nThe disturbance at the Women's Unit, Lower Mainland Centre, in September\n1972, had a temporary effect on the level of staff morale. This was coupled with\nthe fact that many staff illnesses put pressure on the remaining personnel. Overcrowding and inadequate resources continue to be a difficulty in the Women's Unit.\nAn increasing number of staff at Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre\nwith lengthy service records are suffering from health problems, both physical and\npsychological. This is a direct consequence of the constant, intense pressure of\nworking with large numbers of inmates who have serious behavioural problems.\nAt Haney Correctional Centre, Vancouver Island Centre, and Chilliwack\nForest Camp, separation and recruitment patterns varied little from last year. At\nthe Lower Mainland Centre there was an increased number of both staff separations\nand staff recruitments during the year.\nThere has been an increase in the employment opportunities available in the\nPrince George and Kamloops areas. This has created problems in staffing the\ncorrectional centres in those two places. Staff frequently leave for higher paid positions in the community and it has become increasingly difficult to obtain high quality\napplicants for available positions.\nStaff-training\nStaff-training continues to be handled primarily by the Staff Training Academy\nat the Chilliwack Forest Camps. The academy programme includes training for\nsecurity officers, correctional officers, and principal officers.\nThirty-one staff were enrolled in certificate programmes given at community\ncolleges throughout the Province; others were enrolled in the certificate course in\ncriminology given at the University of British Columbia. Staff are encouraged to\nparticipate in such training programmes in order to further professionalize their\njob functions.\n W 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSpecialized training was taken by a number of staff members of the Alouette\nRiver Unit. This training was specifically focused on problems of alcohol and drug\ndependency. The Director of the unit spent three weeks at Rutgers University\nSchool of Alcoholism, and one week visiting institutions and agencies treating alcoholism. One of the chaplains attended the Willmar State Hospital in Minnesota\nfor three weeks, a hospital for the treatment of chemically dependent people. Five\nother staff spent three weeks at the Hazelton Treatment Centre as observers. One\ncorrectional officer attended a three-week course at the Johnston Institute in Minnesota on the treatment of chemically dependent persons.\nThis training was made possible by a grant through the Drug, Alcohol, and\nCigarette Education, Prevention, and Rehabilitation Fund. All who participated in\nthe training returned with increased knowledge and also with the firm conviction\nthat specific training for staff working with chemically dependent people is extremely\nimportant.\nConstruction and works\nThe Department of Public Works has supported the Corrections Service in its\ndevelopment of both capital and maintenance projects over the past year.\nA number of maintenance projects have been completed in the past year under\nthe direction of the maintenance tradesmen employed by the Service. These tradesmen have made use of the availability of the inmate labour force in much of their\nactivity.\nThe past year saw the completion of the new security unit and a new storage\nbuilding at the Chilliwack Forest Camp. At the Haney Correctional Centre the\nboat-maintenance shop was completed and a newly constructed sawmill should be\nin operation soon.\nProgramme facilities have been expanded by the completion of the recreational\nbuilding at Snowdon Forest Camp, the new multipurpose building at Kamloops\nRegional Centre, and new administration-infirmary building at Alouette River Unit.\nThe Corrections Service and the Department of Public Works have been involved in extensive planning relating to the renovation of the admissions area, the\nupgrading of the houses, kitchen renovations, and the construction of a chapel\nbuilding at the Haney Correctional Centre.\nThe Department of Public Works, together with a private architect, have been\nworking on a plan for a fourth house at Alouette River Unit. In these plans, the\neffect of architectural design on treatment is being considered.\nPROBATION\nThe number of persons placed under probation supervision has continued to\nincrease during the past year. This continuing trend toward increased use of probation as an alternative to incarceration, together with other factors, indicates the\nneed to concentrate on the development of programmes and style which provide the\nbest service, both to the Courts and to the probationer.\nIn developmental terms, several shifts in emphasis seem to be indicated. One\nexample is the need for a shift in the role of Probation Officers from a more traditional therapist-counselling role to an organizational-management role in the delivery of services. Coupled with this is the need for continuing emphasis on areas of\ncommunity involvement, the use of volunteers, the special problems of the juvenile\nprobationer, and staff training. Planning and programme implementation has continued to develop in all of these areas over the past year.\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH, 1972\/73 W 17\nOne of the ways that Probation Officers have been responding to these developmental concerns has been by concentrating on developing a team approach within\nthe Criminal Justice System. This team approach requires that the police, the Judge,\nand the Probation Officer keep in close communication so that they understand and\nhave sympathy with each other's goals. In the Lower Mainland area, particularly\nin Vancouver, this team approach is now an established fact. Where implemented,\nthis approach has led to a more consistent handling of offenders.\nThere are basically four areas of programme emphasis within probation. They\nare Adult Probation; Programmes for Children in Conflict With the Law; Community Involvement, including the use of volunteers;  and Staff-training.\nAdult probation\nOver the past year the demand for pre-sentence reports has increased. The\nCourts are looking for more detailed and factual information as a guide in sentencing and for the consideration of alternatives to imprisonment, whenever possible.\nIt is now commonplace for detailed reports to be prepared on the majority of persons\nconvicted for serious offences so that every possible opportunity for the offender's\nrehabilitation can be considered. This is illustrated by the fact that one in every\nfour reports prepared in the Greater Vancouver area is written on a heroin addict\nand approximately one-third of the addicts on whom reports are written are placed\non probation supervision.\nThis has resulted not only in an increase in the number of persons supervised\nin the community, but also has given the Probation Officer a wider range of complex\nproblems with which to deal. It has become evident that new techniques must be\ndeveloped and more resources must be available to the Probation Officer if this\ntrend of using imprisonment only when necessary is to continue. As a result, Probation Officers have been spending an increasing amount of time developing resources\nin the community rather than providing direct case supervision. Two examples of\nsuch community involvement include the development of a Worker Service Programme in Courtenay and a Training Programme for persons convicted on impaired\ndriving charges in the Salmon Arm area. If probation is going to meet the challenge\nof the present flexibility in sentencing, it is essential that more staff time be devoted\nto developing programmes of this nature. This will require an increase in the total\nnumber of Probation Officers in the Province.\nChildren in conflict with the law\nThis area of probation work has seen some of the more creative developments\nalongside some of the greatest frustrations. The present split of administrative\nresponsibility between the Department of the Attorney-General and the Department\nof Human Resources continues to prove unsatisfactory in the handling of many\njuveniles who are brought before the Family Court. In too many cases the child is\noverlooked while the departmental formalities are being completed.\nOn the positive side, the number of cases brought to Court has been reduced\nsignificantly due to pre-Court intervention under the authority of section 16 of the\nProvincial Court Act. In many instances, Probation Officers are able to help the\nchild and his family constructively resolve those situations which have brought the\nchild into conflict with the law without the intervention of the Court. This has been\na most hopeful development for corrections work in this Province and, with experience, new skills and techniques will be developed for work at this pre-Court stage.\n2\n W 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nWherever feasible, children who come into conflict with the law, whether dealt\nwith at the pre-Court or post-Court levels, are referred to the appropriate educational, training, recreational, health, or social service agencies. In many instances,\nthe services offered by these agencies are successful in preventing the child's return\nto delinquent behaviour and helping the child and his family to overcome behavioural difficulties. However, there are children of both sexes, throughout the\nProvince, who are beyond the control of resources in the community, particularly\nchild-care resources, which are the final resources available to the Court through\ncommittal to the Superintendent of Child Welfare. These children have disrupted\ngroup homes, have proven unresponsive to residential treatment programmes, and\nin some instances, become a danger to the community.\nThe Search and Leadership Programme which is in its ninth year has proven\nsuccessful in dealing with some of these children, as have week-end and after-school\nattendance programmes which have been developed specifically for the difficult\nacting-out child who does not respond to normal control. However, there is still\na large group of children who are beyond the help or control of any facilities presently in the Province. These children are either transferred to adult Court and\nsentenced to an adult institution, or left to their devices until they turn 17 and can\nbe dealt with under the Criminal Code. If the alarming increase in transfers to adult\nCourt is to be reduced, it is essential that the Corrections Service have the mandate\nto develop the appropriate resources to keep children out of our adult institutions\nand protect their rights as children.\nCommunity involvement\nA significant emphasis is being placed by Probation Officers on the task of\ninvolving the community in Corrections programming. This is being done through\nthe development of public education programmes in schools, through the use of the\nnews media, through public speaking engagements, and through the involvement of\nvolunteers.\nVolunteer programmes under the direction of Probation Officers have resulted\nin the community becoming part of the team approach, and the benefits of this\napproach are becoming increasingly apparent. Volunteers serve in a supportive\nrole by assisting in the organization of resources and the management of offenders\non probation. Volunteer sponsors for probationers are proving to be a valuable\nresource, not only to probationers and Probation Officers, but also in the development of an increasing public awareness of the problems involved in Corrections\nwork.\nThe importance of community involvement cannot be underestimated. Probation Officers in a number of areas are increasing their efforts to help initiate and\nprovide effective follow-up for community involvement programmes of various kinds.\nIt is clear that if the potential for community involvement is to be realized, an\nincreased complement of field probation staff is required.\nStaff-training\nThirty-four applicants were selected for Probation Officer training over the\nyear, with 31 completing the training programme successfully. It had been hoped\nthat at least 40 new officers could be trained, but this was not possible. Partially,\nthis has been due to the emphasis on selecting only those applicants who meet the\nhigh standards necessary for probation work and avoiding the tendency to simply\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH,  1972\/73 W 19\nfill vacancies.   The emphasis on quality over quantity can be seen in the calibre of\nofficers currently working in the field.\nRefresher training courses for Probation Officers in the field were also provided\nat the Training Centre. A total of four general refresher courses were offered where\nProbation Officers from different parts of the Province were brought together to\nexamine their job performance and areas of need for continuing professional development. Five special refresher courses were offered through educational institutions\nwhich gave the staff an opportunity to attend educational programmes relative to\ntheir responsibilities.\nCLASSIFICATION\nDuring the fiscal year 1972\/73 there was relatively little change in the total\nnumber of persons classified to the various facilities throughout the Province. In\ntotal there was a slight decrease in the number of inmate-days spent within Provincial correctional centres. However, increases in two areas are both interesting and\nsignificant. Both the Haney Correctional Centre and the New Haven Centre witnessed an increase in the number of persons admitted. This reflects the increasing\nnumber of young-adult offenders being admitted to the adult correctional system.\nIn addition, a dramatic increase occurred in the number of female offenders admitted.\nCentral Classification, which serves the function of classifying offenders to the\nvarious facilities within the Province, is faced with serious difficulty in dealing with\nthe increased number of female offenders. Since only two facilities are available to\nwhich female offenders can be classified, groups of offenders are being mixed, by\nnecessity, who should be separated because of their varying degrees of sophistication\nand variety of needs.\nThe roles of Boulder Bay and Centre Creek Camps have changed slightly during the past year with respect to the age-group of offenders admitted to the programme. The Boulder Bay Camp is now being used for more sophisticated persons,\nwho are older and have experienced other programmes within the various correctional centres. The Centre Creek Camp is being used exclusively for young and (or)\nfirst offenders. This change was undertaken in order to provide the more sophisticated offenders with an opportunity for an Outward Bound-type programme. Preliminary results indicate that many of the more sophisticated offenders classified to\nthe Boulder Bay Camp programme have made good use of it. There have been\nsome difficulties, but this is to be expected with the admission of more criminally\nsophisticated persons to this type of programme.\nWithin the Alouette River Unit, offenders who are not motivated to participate\nin the programme are now being accommodated within one house in order to diminish their negative effect on other residents of the Centre. In addition, programmes\nspecifically designed to develop motivation and encourage the involvement of these\npersons are being provided.\nAt the Haney Correctional Centre, classification to houses according to a\nbehaviour category system has been initiated. On the basis of staff observation,\npersonal and social history, and personal interviews, new admissions are classified\nto the living units according to one of four behavioural categories. Staff have been\nassigned to the houses on the basis of their ability to work most effectively with\ninmates who fall within one of the four categories. These staff have begun to\ndevelop programmes centred on the needs of the behavioural group classified to\ntheir unit.\n W 20 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTREATMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES\nIndividual and group counselling\nWithin each correctional centre and camp facility in the Province, individual\nand group counselling programmes are available. These programmes take a variety\nof forms but offer, in all facilities, the opportunity for inmates to seek staff assistance\nwith the resolution of day-to-day problems. Highly professionalized counselling is\navailable in those centres which have full-time Probation Officers on staff and is also\navailable through arrangements with the personnel of local mental health clinics.\nGroup counselling takes a variety of forms within the various centres. These\nforms include group discussion, the use of confrontation techniques, and activity\noriented group programmes.\nAt the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, for example, one\nmarathon group session was held during the past year. This session took the form\nof a 22-hour marathon followed by a four-hour session three days later. Those participating in this programme reported that it was useful in assisting them to increase\ntheir understanding of themselves and of their relationships with other people.\nThe marathon session at Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre included volunteer participants from the community as well as inmates and staff. This\ntype of programme reflects a growing trend within the Corrections Service toward\nan increasing participation of community volunteers in group programmes.\nInstitutional maintenance programmes\nCorrectional centres are dependent on inmate work crews for their maintenance.\nThis is particularly true in the area of food services. In every correctional centre and\ncamp facility inmates work alongside staff in the provision of meals for the population. While these programmes, particularly at Haney Correctional Centre, the\nKamloops Regional Correctional Centre, and the New Haven Correctional Centre,\ninclude a training component, their main purpose is obviously the provision of meals\nas required. Conflicts between the production needs and training goals of these\nvarious institutions is frequently noted by staff.\nSimilarly, many inmates are involved in maintaining the standard of cleanliness\nrequired within correctional facuities and others are involved in carpentry, electrical,\nand plumbing and maintenance programmes.\nProduction programmes\nAs with the inmate contribution toward maintenance of the institutions, inmate\ninvolvement in areas of production is of economic benefit to the Service and to the\nGovernment. Production areas include licence-plate production, sheet-metal shops,\ncarpentry shops, clothing manufacturing, boot and shoe manufacturing, and farming.\nWith the exception of the licence-plate production, virtually all of the production programmes of the Corrections Service is directed toward meeting the needs of\nthe correctional centres. The manufacture of clothing, boots, and shoes meets a\ngreat proportion of the inmates requirements for these items. The farm programme\nhas been developed to provide as much of the food requirements as possible within\nthe Service. This has been particularly true in the areas of pork, beef, and poultry\nproduction, with these farm products all being produced by various correctional\ncentres.\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH,  1972\/73 W 21\nThese production programmes are in need of review within the Service. Their\nvalue related to the involvement of inmates needs to be examined more closely as\ndoes their genuine economic value to the Service.\nForestry porgrammes\nThe programmes undertaken by the correctional centres in conjunction with\nthe Department of Forestry include a variety of forest operations. These operations\ninclude reforestation; silvicultures; pre-nursery operations; land, lake, and shoreline clean-ups; maintenance of roadways; fire suppression; and the production of\nshakes and finished lumber as a by-product of clean-up operations.\nThe lumber and shakes produced are made available not only for Corrections\nService projects but also for the Department of Forestry and Parks to meet some\nof the needs of these other Government departments.\nOf more lasting benefit to the community at large are projects like the Stave\nLake Camp operation. This programme is directed toward the eventual recovery of\na potentially valuable recreation site and is being undertaken in conjunction with the\nDepartment of Forestry and the B.C. Hydro. This project permits offenders to\nparticipate in making a significant contribution to the community at large.\nVocational training\nIn addition to the on-the-job training experience provided through institutional\nwork programmes, specific vocational training programmes are available at the\nHaney Correctional Centre, the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, and the\nNew Haven Centre. Problems have been encountered, particularly at the Haney\nCorrectional Centre, with regard to formal vocational training programmes. Persons admitted to British Columbia correctional centres tend to have minimal levels\nof formal education and are generally not prepared to enter directly into formalized\nvocational training programmes. The instructional staff are continuing to face the\nchallenge of teaching an increasingly younger group of trainees. Trainees now start\nat a more elementary level than at one time and make slower progress.\nAn additional training programme was made available at Haney Correctional\nCentre during the past year. A boat-maintenance shop was completed and it is\nplanned to provide a basic boat-building and maintenance course. At the Kamloops\nRegional Correctional Centre, pre-apprenticeship training programmes in institutional cooking and auto-mechanics are being offered.\nDuring the past year discussions were held with the administration of Douglas\nCollege, the Superintendent of Vocational Education for the Province, and the\nrepresentative of the Provincial Apprenticeship Branch concerning the possible use\nof the vocational training facilities at Haney Correctional Centre by students from\nthe community under the a;gis of Douglas College. Approval of such an arrangement would permit a greater utilization of the facilities available at the Centre and\nwould provide the community with additional vocational training resources without\nadded cost. This programme could also be of assistance in meeting the need for\ncorrectional programmes to be more community related by offering an opportunity\nfor inmates and students from the community to attend vocational training courses\ntogether.\nAcademic education\nAcademic Education Programmes are available to inmates at correctional\ncentres throughout the Province. Increasingly, these programmes involve the use\nof teachers from the community to complement institutional resources.\n W 22 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nAt Haney Correctional Centre, teachers are employed on a contract basis from\nDouglas College to supplement the teaching staff at the centre. The relationship\nbetween the centre and Douglas College has resulted in a wide range of benefits,\nparticularly in the area of remedial help for those students with special needs.\nAt Prince George Regional Correctional Centre, school attendance has increased with the addition of a qualified teacher who comes to the centre twice\nweekly. This teacher has assumed responsibility to provide guidance with the\nupgrading courses and assistance with correspondence courses.\nAt the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre a well-developed educational programme is operating under the supervision and direction of two Sisters\nfrom St. Ann's Academy. At the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre,\na member of the Order of the Child Jesus offers classes four evenings a week assisting with correspondence courses. At Rayleigh Camp and the Chilliwack Forest\nCamps, educators from the community are involved in programmes. Cariboo College supplies three instructors to assist in the upgrading courses at Rayleigh Camp\nthree nights a week. At the Chilliwack Forest Camp an instructor from the local\nadult education programme in Chilliwack supervises the educational programme\navailable to inmates.\nRecreation\nRecreational programmes are a significant part of the over-all programme of\neach correctional centre. Such programmes serve to provide stimulation for the\ninmate population, counter problems resulting from inactivity, and develop recreational skills and interests which will be helpful when the offender returns to the\ncommunity. Included are all types of athletic, social, and cultural activities geared\nto both individual and group participation.\nPhysical education activities are included in the programmes at all centres and\nare particularly important in those centres accommodating young offenders. Team\nsports are emphasized as a training medium and most institutions are fully involved\nin both indoor and outdoor sports programmes.\nRecreational activities take on added importance for persons who are on\nremand, since persons awaiting trial are not involved in work programmes. An\nincrease in the recreational activities for persons awaiting trial has been reported\nby the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, the Vancouver Island Correctional Centre, and the Haney Correctional Centre.\nHobby programmes are available in all institutions and gain a good deal of\ninterest from the inmates.\nAt the Prince George Centre, a music group is active and was involved in the\npresentation of two concerts during the year. At the Haney Centre a music appreciation group and an art group are operated with participation from trainees.\nBooks and films continue to provide a focus for leisure-time activity in the\ninstitutions. There does appear, however, to be a need to review the use of books,\nfilms, and other related materials for leisure time or recreational purposes within\nthe institutions.\nReligious programmes\nAll institutions and camps continue to be provided with religious services\nand education programmes through the ministrations of full-time and part-time\nclergy.\nMany of the chaplains are using community volunteers in their programmes.\nAt the Haney Centre, the chaplain provides opportunity for both young people\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH, 1972\/73 W 23\nand adults to serve as volunteers in various aspects of his programmes. Elsewhere,\nvolunteers have conducted Bible discussions, assisted at services, visited and counselled individual inmates, provided lectures, and offered music instruction.\nSince many inmates have no church affiliation, services are usually relatively\ninformal and are frequently followed by group discussion.\nOne of the major roles played by the chaplains within the centre is in the area\nof individual counselling. Many disturbed trainees look to the chaplains for needed\nhelp and support. Worthy of special mention is the group conducted by the Protestant chaplain in the remand unit, Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre.\nThis group-counselling programme has centered on a wide range of topics, including personal needs, institutional needs, parole, the use of drugs, etc. The group\nhas proven to be invaluable in interpreting institutional policies and the purposes\nbehind them and has thereby relieved pressures for inmates. Discussions have\nled to significant changes of attitude on the part of several inmates.\nThe chaplains are frequently approached by staff around areas of personal\nconcern and for assistance with private problems. The chaplains feel that it is\nimportant to offer this service in the realization that staff require stability, a sense\nof personal security, and healthy attitudes toward human relations if they are to\nbe of assistance to those under their care.\nCommunity service programmes\nA number of specific community service projects have been undertaken at the\nvarious centres. This is in addition to the community service aspect of the work\nof inmates involved in forestry programmes.\nSome centres have undertaken the repair and repainting of toys on behalf of\ncharitable organizations at Christmas time. Inmates respond well to this activity\nsince it gives them an opportunity to feel a sense of personal involvement.\nRed Cross blood donor clinics are regularly held at most centres and camps\nand receive an enthusiastic response from the inmate population. These clinics\nare particularly valuable for the Red Cross since they can be scheduled for those\nperiods of the year when donations from the general public are low.\nOf particular interest is a programme developed at the Haney Correctional\nCentre which has been in operation for one year. This programme involves the\nabsence of individual trainees from the centre without escort on Saturdays and\nSundays. The inmates use this time to undertake volunteer work for senior citizens\nor handicapped persons in the Maple Ridge area. Sixty-seven such volunteer service work outings were held during the year, with only one small incident being\nreported.\nCommunity service programmes allowing both group and individual participation are an important means for the offender to contribute to the community at\nlarge. Such programmes have been a part of the Corrections programme for\nsome years and will continue to increase and develop in the future.\nInstitutional use of community volunteers\nThe use of community volunteers in education programmes at the various\ncentres has been mentioned earlier in this Report. In addition to this type of\ncommunity involvement there has been a noticeable increase in the involvement\nof volunteers in counselling and social education programmes.\nVolunteers from the community have been involved with groups of women\nboth at the Lower Mainland Centre and at Twin Maples.    The introduction of\n W 24 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nvolunteers at the Lower Mainland Centre has been gradual and it is hoped that\nthere will be an increase in this involvement in the coming year.\nThe Haney Correctional Centre has developed a good working relationship\nwith the Sorrento Centre for Human Development of the Anglican Church. This\nrelationship has led to the implementation of three programmes of from four to\nfive days' duration. Each of these programmes involved eight trainees in residence\nat the Sorrento Centre at Shuswap Lake. The programmes involved trainees in\nwork projects at the centre and in group programmes with staff from the Haney\nCentre, staff from the Sorrento Centre, and other volunteers. The result of these\nventures has been most gratifying and mutually beneficial and it is planned to\ncontinue and develop these programmes further.\nAt the Vancouver Island Centre, the increase in the number of community\nvolunteers has enabled the centre to double the number of its activity groups.\nAn interesting development in community involvement took place at the\nPrince George Centre during the year. The president of the local Crisis Centre\nand her assistant visited the institution weekly for meetings with inmate groups.\nMeetings were held without correctional staff in attendance. Methods used were\nGestalt therapy, role-playing, and other exercises for the development of trust and\nphysical expression.   The meetings seemed to be well received by the inmates.\nThere has been an increase in the number of requests for institutional staff\nto speak to community groups on the subject of Corrections. Coupled with this\nis an increase in the number of requests from individuals and groups for tours of\nthe various centres. These occurrences give indication of the increasing potential\nfor participation from the community in institution programmes.\nTemporary absence programme\nThe temporary absence programme continues to expand for the purpose of\npermitting inmates to continue their relationship with the community while serving their sentences.\nDuring the past year a total of 665 temporary absences were approved.\nTwenty-seven of those were revoked because of failure to observe the conditions\nof the absence, a failure rate of approximately 4 per cent. Such a low failure rate\nindicates the success of this programme and warrants both its continuance and\nexpansion in the future.\nOf the 665 temporary absences granted, 334 were for employment purposes,\n111 were for medical reasons, 67 in the interest of family relations, 17 for educational purposes, 8 on compassionate grounds, and 128 on week-end passes.\nDuring the year those persons on work release earned a total of $119,692.\nPersons on temporary absence were thus able to contribute to their own upkeep\nin the institution, contribute to the support of their families, and build up savings\nfor use on their eventual release. A further breakdown of the total moneys earned\nshows that $8,390 was dispersed to pay individual debts which the inmates had\napproved prior to their incarceration and $7,596 was paid in restitution and in\ncompensation to victims of the offender's crimes.\nExpansion of the temporary absence programme is warranted not only because of the evident success of the programme but also because it provides a vehicle\nwhereby the inmate can prepare himself for his return to the community. It\nis unrealistic to expect that a person who is incarcerated without significant community contact for a period of time can be released from the institution and move\nreadily into a life-style that is free from the commission of further offences.\nGradual entry into the community on a temporary absence programme allows for\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH,  1972\/73 W 25\nthe maintenance of more control than is provided by parole, but provides the inmate\nwith an opportunity to assume a considerable degree of responsibility for himself.\nMedical, dental, and psychiatric services\nThere have been few changes in the medical services provided by the Corrections Service during the past year. Those changes which have occurred have\nprimarily involved changes in the status of resource faculties or programmes available to the Corrections Service. An example of this is the change in status of the\nFairview Pavilion Ward at the Vancouver General Hospital. This ward was closed\nfor several weeks during the summer due to a shortage of nurses. It is expected\nthat increased pressure will be applied by the Vancouver General Hospital to have\nthe wards closed for longer periods in the future.\nThe Department of Health and Welfare has instituted stricter measures to\ncontrol the use of methadone in the treatment of narcotic addiction. These new\nrestrictions demand much more detailed bookkeeping procedures. The effectiveness\nof the new measures is expected to be evaluated in November 1973.\nA proposed clinical research project has been shelved indefinitely. Medical\nproblems in the early implementation of the project, together with strong public\nreaction to the use of prisoners for research purposes, has demonstrated the inadvis-\nability of proceeding with this type of programme. The position of the Corrections\nService related to these types of projects needs to be reviewed in depth.\nThe practice of remanding inmates to the Lower Mainland Centre for psychiatric evaluation still persists. Over 400 such evaluations were ordered during the\npast year and in over 20 per cent of these cases the person was judged to be mentally\nill. The presence of these disturbed individuals in the antiquated remand facilities of\nthe Lower Mainland Centre has presented a series of difficult management problems.\nDuring the year there was a serious disruption of dental services at the Lower\nMainland Centre and the Haney Centre. The Dental Officer was granted a leave of\nabsence for several months due to illness, and although part-time replacement service\nwas obtained, it was sporadic and not at all satisfactory. The method of providing\ndental services within the Service is also an area which requires review.\nTwo new resource programmes have been made available to the Corrections\nService over the past year. One is a service provided by the Behaviour Therapy\nClinic at Riverview Hospital. This clinic is prepared to offer a treatment programme\nfor sex offenders, using a technique called \"aversion therapy.\"\nThe other programme is a community-based, self-help programme operated by\na society named \"Narconon.\" This society has expressed an interest in forming a\ntreatment group among the heroin addicts at the Lower Mainland Centre.\nTwo major problem areas have been noted during the year. Several centres\nare concerned with the need for a facility to accommodate the prisoner with borderline mental competency and for those who are mentally unstable through the use of\nhallucinogenic drugs.\nThere is also an alarming number of persons with chronic medical conditions\nwho are being sent to the Alouette River Unit. Many of these conditions preclude\nany realistic treatment of the individual's alcoholism.\nThe Senior Medical Officer of the Corrections Service is a representative on a\ncommittee formed by the Deputy Attorney-General and the Deputy Minister of\nHealth to investigate and report on the forensic psychiatric services available in the\nProvince. A number of other areas relating to the use of medical, dental, psychiatric,\nand psychological services within the Corrections Service need to be reviewed as\nwell.\n W 26\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nB.C. BOARD OF PAROLE\nThe membership of the Board remained as for the previous year:\nC. J. A. Dalton, Chairman.\nA. Watts, Q.C., Vice-Chairman.\nMrs. J. M. Norris.\nDr. Gordon Kirkpatrick.\nE. Kelly.\nUsually the Board operated in panels consisting of the Chairman and two\nmembers.\nPanels were convened at the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre,\nVancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, and Chilliwack Forest Camps\nmonthly. As a rule, two panels per month were convened at the Haney Correctional\nCentre.\nThe primary function of the Board is to enquire into cases under its jurisdiction\nand to select those persons who it is felt are eligible for the granting of parole.\nIn parole consideration, the Board assesses several important factors. These\nfactors include the protection of the public, appropriate timing, and the applicant's\ndemonstration of motivation and needs.\nShould the parolee not respond to parole positively and abide by reasonable\nconditions of parole, the Board, after considering all the circumstances, may cancel\nthe parole and return the individual to a correctional centre.\nThe Board is concerned that, of the parole candidates now appearing before\nthem, few have not been involved in drugs to some degree. It is also their experience\nthat only the most highly motivated heroin-user seems able to abstain from use on\nreturning to the community.\nDuring the past year the Parole Board submitted a brief to the Department of\nthe Attorney-General for inclusion in the Brief to the Senate Committee on Parole.\nAnother brief was sent to the Attorney-General's Task Force on Corrections in\nBritish Columbia.\n  W 28                                                   BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPROBATION CASE LOAD AND AVERAGE DAILY INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA, APRIL 1, 1972 TO MARCH 31, 1973\nProvincial\nPopulation\nirunn\n10,000\n9,500\n.3,100,000\n9,000\n3,000,000\n2,900,000\n2,800,000\n8,500\n8,000\n7,500\n2,700,000\n7,000\n2,600,000\n6,500\n2,500,000\n6,000\n2,400,000\n5,500\n.2,300,000\n5,000\n2,200,000\n4,500\n2,100,000\n4,000\n2,000,000\n3,500\n. 1,900,000\n3,000\n1,800,000\n2,500\n1,700,000\n2,000 '\nrt*\ntr^\nJ\u2014 \u00ab*\" \"\"\"\n\"^^\n\t\n\t\n\"*-^^\n1,600,000\n1,500\nProh\nLEC\n.END\n1,500,000\n\t\n(10,348)\n- Average daily institutional\npopulation (1,984).\n1,400,000\n1,300,000\n0\n0     B.C. population\n(2,304,000)\n1            1            1             1\n<\n;\n1\nV\n^        <\u25a0\n3        v\n3          H\n9            5\n5\n\u00bb         <\nO             v\n>\\            <\no            t\nS           <\no           >\n\u25a0*                        1\n^            <\n3                1\n-*               <\n-                    !\n\u2022*            r\n-.           r\n-\u2022           r\n\u2014          r\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH, 1972\/73\nW 29\n1.    Statement of Expenditure, Year Ended March 31, 1973, (Includes\nHeadquarters, Institutions, Probation Services, and Parole)\nSalaries\u2014\nPermanent staff :.\nTemporary assistance\nOffice expense \t\nTravelling expense \t\nOffice furniture and equipment\nAdvertising\nMedical services\t\nClothing and uniforms .\nProvisions in catering _.\nLaundry and dry-goods\nInmate earnings\nPrinting and publishing\t\nEquipment and machinery\nMedical supplies \t\nLibrary\nMaintenance of buildings and grounds\t\nMaintenance and operation of equipment.\nTransportation (inmate) \t\nSchool supplies and services  \t\nSupplies for training\nAcquisition and construction of buildings\nMotor-vehicles and accessories\t\nIncidentals and contingencies _. \t\nStaff-training\t\nPrison industries (Licence-plate Shop) _...\nTraining Academy\nFund to assist probationers and parolees\nFarm operations\t\nGroup work programme\nOperation  of  probation  hostels  and  Search  and  Leadership\nTraining Programme \t\nLicence-plate Shop ...  \t\nTotal institutional expenditure\nAdd Public Works maintenance costs\nTotal\n11,781,250\n1,030,202\n109,405\n98,757\n40,584\n308\n202,988\n162,445\n842,488\n44,084\n200,290\n383\n202,047\n57,230\n6,965\n93,326\n237,390\n21,320\n52,104\n59,775\n86,235\n198,397\n3,774\n6,878\n87,878\n12,643\n189\n260,880\n3,999\n23,619\n140,491\n16,068,324\n816,022\n16,884,346\nPublic Works costs\u2014\nMaintenance \t\nCapital projects\nTotal\t\n816,022\n670,324\n1,486,346\n2. Inmate-days\nLMRCC\nHCC\t\nVIRCC -\nPGRCC.\nKRCC ...\nCFC .\t\nNHCC _\nARU .-...\nTM __\u2014\n1971\/72\n290,474\n136,152\n73,818\n73,602\n68,250\n42,588\n11,286\n49,640\n12,045\n1972\/73\n262,270\n168,387\n63,653\n59,400\n57,622\n41,034\n14,058\n45,260\n12,775\nIncrease Decrease\n-28,204\n+32,235        \t\n  -10,165\n : . -14,202\n'.  -10,628\n ._.. -1,554\n+2,772 \u201e\u201e.:__-_--\n  -4,380\n+730      ..; .\t\nTotals\n757,855       724,459\n-33,396\n W 30\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n3. Operational Expenditure, 1972\/73\nPrisoner-days\nExpenditure for maintenance \t\nAverage total maintenance cost per day per prisoner .\nExpenditure for provisions and catering\t\nAverage dietary cost per day per prisoner\u2014\n1972\/73 \t\n1971\/72 \t\n724,459\n$\n13,557,593.00\n18.71\n842,555.00\nIncrease\n4. Movement of Population, Year Ended March 31,1973\nOn register, morning of April 1, 1972\u2014 Male\nSentenced      1,694\nOn remand        225\nTotals\nNew admissions\nTotals\n1,919\n8,363\n10,282\nDischarged during year     8,071\nOn register, afternoon of March 31, 1973    2,211\nFemale\n105\n20\n125\n715\n840\n638\n202\nTotal\n1,799\n245\n2,044\n9,078\n11,122\n8,709\n2,413\n5. Disposition on Admission\nProbation \t\nRemanded  \t\nFine\/in default\t\nDefinite + probation\nDefinite \t\nDefinite\/Indeterminate\nOthers \t\nTotals .\n8,363\nFemale\nTotal\n1\n6\n283\n3,081\n96\n2,162\n44\n257\n159\n2,362\n26\n446\n106\n764\n715\n9,078\n6. Discharges\nMale\nExpiration of sentence  4,595\nReleased at Court and fine    74\nReleased at Court and dismissed  258\nTo bail     732\nPayment of fine  344\nDeath   8\nTo B.C. Penitentiary   555\nTo Provincial Mental Hospital  148\nImmigration order   376\nPardoned   3\nOwn recognizance   788\nOut of British Columbia  63\nTime expired, Appeal Court  7\nUndertaking to appear .  22\nTo National Parole Service  93\nCourt and custody, C.A.S   5\nFemale\nTotal\n261\n4,856\n2\n76\n35\n293\n109\n841\n19\n363\n8\n4\n559\n11\n159\n93\n469\n3\n48\n836\n24\n87\n5\n12\n16\n38\n10\n103\n1\n6\nTotals\n8,071\n638\n8,709\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH, 1972\/73\nW 31\n7. Escape Index^\n1968\/69\n0.82\n1969\/70   0.84\n1970\/71   1.75\n1971\/72\n1972\/73\ni Total escapes x 100\ntotal admissions\n8. Accommodation (Capacity)\n1.21\n0.85\nLower Mainland Centre           \u25a0     \t\nMale\n   1,005\nFemale\n122\nVancouver Island Centre and camps\t\nKamloops Centre and camps\t\nPrince George Centre and camps\n      260\n      206\n_         200\nHaney Correctional Centre and camps\t\nNew Haven Centre\t\n      577\n        48\nChilliwack Forest Camps   \t\nAlouette River Unit   \t\n      210\n       147\nTwin Maples _.   .           ..\t\n60\nProvincial totals        \t\n.      2,653\n182\n13 years\t\n14 years \t\n15 years\t\n16 years\t\n17 years\t\n18 years\t\n19-21 years, inclusive\n22-24 years, inclusive\n25-34 years, inclusive\n35-44 years, inclusive\n45-59 years, inclusive\n60 years and over\t\nNot stated \t\n9. Ages of Inmates\nMale Female\n  1\n        16\n       29\n        58 1\n      349 37\n      488 64\n  1,477 170\n  1,300 115\n  2,192 185\n  1,268 64\n      983 55\n      184 13\n        18 11\nTotals\n8,363\n715\nTotal\n1\n16\n29\n59\n386\n552\n1,647\n1,415\n2,377\n1,332\n1,038\n197\n29\n9,078\n10. Nationality\nMale\nCanadian   7,327\nBritish subject\nU.S.A. .....\t\nOther \t\nNot stated\t\n70\n426\n347\n193\nFemale\n553\n14\n110\n26\n12\nTotal\n7,880\n84\n536\n373\n205\nTotals\n8,363\n715\n9,078\n W 32\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nIlliterate \t\n11. Education\nMale\n58\nFemale\n9\n42\n125\n235\n238\n35\n31\n715\nTotal\n67\nGrade VI   ..   \t\n...     621\n663\nGrade VII-VIII     \t\n.   1,855\n1,980\nGrade LX-X\t\n... 2,884\n3,119\nGrade XI-XII\t\n... 2,255\n2,493\nUniversity   .... \t\n534\n569\nUnknown   ..    \t\n..     156\n187\nTotals \t\n.... 8,363\n9,078\n12. Marital Status\nMale\nSingle   4,954\nMarried\/Common-law  1,950\nDivorced         399\nWidowed        125\nSeparated       729\nUnknown        206\nTotals   8,363\nFemale\nTotal\n310\n5,264\n243\n2,193\n41\n440\n24\n149\n91\n820\n6\n212\n715\n9,078\n13. Primary Use of Drugs\nHeroin\t\nMethadone\t\nBarbiturates\t\nAmphetamines\nMarijuana \t\nL.S.D\t\nOther narcotics\t\nOther hallucinogenics _.\nNonuser \t\nNot known\t\nTotals\nMale\n922\n36\n58\n15\n1,188\n98\n16\n72\n4,835\n1,123\n8,363\nFemale\n250\n8\n20\n6\n50\n2\n2\n8\n310\n59\nTotal\n1,172\n44\n78\n21\n1,238\n100\n18\n80\n5,145\n1,182\n715       9,078\n14. Use of Alcohol\nExcessive \t\nModerate or nonuser\nTotals\t\nMale\n4,327\n4,036\n8,363\nFemale        Total\n145   4,472\n570  4,606\n715\n9,078\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH, 1972\/73\nW 33\n15. Offences\nMale\n(a) Against public order   166\n(b) Against administration of law and justice  150\n(c) Sexual offences, public morals, and disorderly\nconduct   499\n(d) Disorderly house and gambling  17\n(e) Against person and reputation  2,335\n(\/)  Against property   2,766\n(g) Relating to currency       75\n(h) Unclassified\u2014\n(1) Breach of Narcotic Control Act      741\n(2) Breach of Food and Drug Act        90\n(3) Breach of Motor-vehicle Act  1,027\n(4) Section   64a,   Summary   Convictions\nAct  ..  167\n(5) Fail to appear  238\n(6) Breach of Immigration Act  345\n(7) Other    427\nTotals   9,043\nFemale\nTotal\n6\n172\n14\n164\n47\n546\n41\n58\n63\n2,398\n210\n2,976\n2\n77\n93\n834\n7\n97\n6\n1,033\n16\n183\n41\n279\n85\n430\n77\n504\n708\n9,751\n16. Offences Related to A Icohol\n(These figures are included in Table 15)\nMale\nBreach of Government Liquor Act      152\nImpaired driving     955\nRefusing breathalizer test      138\nDriving with blood alcohol content in excess of 0.08     373\nTotals\n1,618\nFemale\nTotal\n1\n153\n23\n978\n9\n147\n4\n377\n37\n1,655\n W 34\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nt\u2014 m t~-\ns\n5a\ns\n\u00a7\n.1\nJ5\no <u.T3\nMM     Ml\n.. 9 8\nu 5 c\nIS\nI I\ni ts m i-t\nIS\n111\n^ ar\")\nmU-o\nIS\n>--2 2 S\nMOM     ! \u00bbn '\n.5 o \u00b0 \u00b0 -S\n3  C   S  rt \"~l\n5^\no o\n-3 \u00ab G\nO \"\u00b0\n,\u00a3> MS\n\u2022a ? a\nn \u00a9 13 '\u2014* \u00a9\n, -a .2 o u a o d a\nill g\u00a3-\u00abSSI\na .3 a g-a fe-Sgw \u00a7 6 u.\naS\nSEE,\n REPORT OF CORRECTIONS BRANCH, 1972\/73\nW 35\n18. Headquarters Staff\nDirector of Correction \t\nDeputy Director of Correction\nSenior Medical Officer\t\nPsychologist 3 \t\nAdministrative Officer 3\nResearch Officer 3\t\nSenior Chaplain (Protestant) \t\nSenior Chaplain (Roman Catholic)\nChaplain (Protestant)\nChaplain (Roman Catholic) __.\nStaff Training Officer (S.C.O.)\nTraining Officer (P.O.s) \t\nTraining Officer (CO.) \t\nClassification Officer (CO.) ....\nClerical \t\nFull Time\n  1\n  1\n  1\n..... 2\n..... 4\n  1\n  1\n._.. 1\n  2\nTotals\n1\n3\n1\n1\n22\n42\nPart Time\n16\n19. Institutional Staff\na\no\n\u2022a\n<o\n\u25a0o\n\u2022a\n1\nH\na\n5 \u00a9\na \u00a3\na M\na\no\nc3\n\u00a72\na, t>\n\u25a0as\nJ\n\u2022a\n<\n.2 33\nu o\n*5 rt\nif\nS'a\na> o\no s\nUS\nO\n*e3\nO\nH\nLMC\u2014\n11\n16\n29\n3\n13\n300 (15)1\n58\n372 (15)*\nFemale   \u2022'\n1\n2\n1\n1\n63\nHCC\t\n8\n38\n18\n19\n9\n186\n2\n280\nPGRCC\t\n2\n2\n2\n3\n_\n70\n\t\n79\nKRCC          \t\n2\n3\n2\n3\n77\n87\nCFC  \t\n.1\n5\n2\n1\n63\n72\nVIRCC\t\n4\n3\n4\n.... (2)\n1\n65\n\t\n77 (2)\nNHC\t\n1\n1(2)\n3\n1\n4\n9\n1(1)\n17 (3)\nARU   ....   ...\t\n2\n5\n1\n1\n41\n53\nTM Farm \t\n1\n....\n.... (1)\n....\n18\n.._\n19(1)\nTotals. .               \t\n33\n73 (2)\n64\n33 (3)\n26\n887 (15)\n3 (1)\n1,119 (21)\n1 Part-time staff, indicated by parentheses, are in addition to full-time staff.\n20. Probation Staff\nProbation Officer\n5\n4\n3\n2\n1\n(!)\n2\n3\n2\n3\n1\n5\n8\n6\n3\n3\n2\n1\n15\n16\n15\n15\n12\n3\n13\n7\n8\n13\n4\n1\nRegions\t\nParole Unit- \t\n-\n13\nTotals\t\n7        1        11\n28        1        76\n46\n13\n1 In training.\n W 36\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nIn addition to the above, there were the following personnel:\n\u25a0-f(l) Fourteen Probation Interviewers 2, two Probation Interviewers 1.\n(2) The Assistant Chief Probation Officer (at Headquarters).\n(3) On leave of absence there were one Probation Officer 4, one Probation Officer\n3, one Probation Officer 2.\n(4) Carried on the strength of Region  1\u2014one General Tradesman, two House-\nparents, one Principal Officer, and three Temporary Security Officers.\n(5) Carried on the strength of Region 4\u2014four Temporary Security Officers.\n(6) Carried on the strength of the Parole Unit\u2014one Correctional Officer.\n21. Probation Statistics\nNew probation cases\u2014 Male\nAdult       8,561\nluvenile    2,742\nTotals.\nFemale\nTotal\n1,276\n506\n9,837\n3,248\n11,303        1,782\n13,085\nProbation Intake\u2014\nFrom Court ...\nBy transfer\t\nParole\t\n  5,948\n  2,190\n  718\nVoluntary probation supervision ...  631\nMaintenance order supervision  354\nVoluntary maintenance supervision  941\nOther   521\nTotals  11,303\n991\n6,939\n427\n2,617\n37\n755\n194\n825\n10\n364\n43\n984\n80\n601\n1,782        13,085\nPre-sentence\nReports\nRegion I  2,314\nRegion II ..\nRegion III\nRegion IV\nRegion V..\nTotals.\n1,188\n1,349\n1,821\n726\n7,398\nProbation\nOfficer\nInquiries\n1,773\n2,484\n1,579\n1,349\n110\n7,295\n22. B.C. Board of Parole, April 1, 1972, to March 31, 1973\nNumber of paroles in effect April 1, 1972..\nNumber of sittings held during fiscal year...\n397\n136\nMale\nNumber appeared for consideration  648\nNumber appeared for work release     37\nNumber appeared for B.C\/National    22\nFemale\n31\nTotal\n679\n37\n22\nNumber of paroles granted.\nNumber released B.C\/NationaL\n707\n  594\n     15\nNumber of paroles suspended  101\nNumber of paroles revoked  188\nNumber of paroles completed  434\nNumber of deaths of parolees while on parole\t\nNumber on parole at any time during fiscal year\t\nNumber of paroles in effect March 31, 1973    \t\n31\n26\n8\n11\n14\n738\n620\n15\n109\n199\n448\n2\n422\n342\n Printed by K. M. 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