© 2003, Justice Institute of British Columbia, Corrections & Community Justice Division. All rights reserved, No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Edited by Brian Mason, Colin J. McMechan and Catherine M. Angellen Book design by Jim Bisakowski of Desktop Publishing Ltd. Cover image of Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Jim Bisakowski (2003) Requests for permission to make copies of any part of this work should be directed to the publisher. Additional copies of the work may be obtained from the publisher: Corrections & Community Justice Division Justice Institute of British Columbia 715 McBride Boulevard New Westminster, British Columbia V3L 5T4 Phone: 604-528-5531 Fax: 604-528-5549 E-mail: ccjd@jibe.be.ca Web site: http://www.jibe.be.ca Printed in Canada 09 08 07 06 05 04 23456 Publisher’s note: Portions of this work first appeared in Conflict, Care and Control: The History of the British Columbia Corrections Branch, 1848-1988. Doherty, Diana, 1960-. Simon Fraser University, Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy, 1991. National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Corrections in British Columbia : pre-Confederation to the millennium “Edited by Brian Mason, Colin J. McMechan and Catherine M. Angellen.”—P. Previously published: Doherty, Diana, 1960-_. Conflict, care and control: the history of the British Columbia Corrections Branch, 1848-1988. Simon Fraser University, Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy, 1991, ISBN 0-7726-5037-3 1. British Columbia. Corrections Branch - History. 2. Corrections - British Columbia - History. I. Mason, Brian, 1949- . II. McMechan, Colin J.,1963- . II. Angellen, Catherine M., 1950- IV. Doherty, Diana, 1960- _. Conflict, care and control: the history of the British Columbia Corrections Branch, 1848-1988. V. Justice Institute of British Columbia. Corrections & Community Justice Division. HV8395.C67 2004 364.6’09711 C2003-960191-9