1998-2001 Era of directing change

1998

1999
1999

2001

2001

Directing Change: Branch strategic
plan embraces risk-based,
integrated offender management,
and just resolution of family disputes

Victim Notification Unit
established

First of eight core programs
implemented

Family information system
introduced

CORNET implemented

Provincial Releasing Authority
closed

Corrections Branch becomes part
of the newly created

Ministry of Public Safety and
Solicitor General

Family Justice Services Division is
transferred to the

Justice Services Branch, Ministry of
Attorney General

Construction of major jails and
correctional centres

First 100 years

1852 Hudson’s Bay Company barracks

1858 Bastion Square Gaol
(Victoria) —closed in 1885

1860 New Westminster Gaol—closed in
1886

1870 Kamloops Gaol—treplaced in 1878

1886 Hillside Gaol (Victoria)

1891 Juvenile Reformatory for Boys
(Victoria)

1894 Nanaimo Gaol

1898 Nelson Gaol

1905 Industrial School for Boys (Jericho
Beach, Vancouver)

1912 Oakalla Prison Parm (Burnaby)

1913
1914

1916

1923

1937

1942
1947

Saanich Prison Farm

Industrial School for Girls
(Vancouvet)

Women’s section opened at Oakalla
Prison Farm

Prince George Gaol—teplaced in
1955

B.C, Training School—later
renamed New Haven
Oakalla Women’s Unit

New Haven Correctional
Centre—re-opened

1950s-1970s

1957

1960

1964
1964
1971

1974

1974

1975

1977

1978

Haney Correctional
Institution—closed 1975

Twin Maples Correctional Facility
for Women—closed 1991

Alouette River Unit
Chilliwack Security Unit

Stave Lake Correctional
Centre—closed 2002

Chilltwack Community
Correctional Centre—closed 2002

Marpole Community Correctional
Centre

Burnaby Community Correctional
Centre

Lynda Williams Community
Correctional Centre—closed 1984

Lakeside Correctional Centre for
Women

1980s-1990s

1982

1983
1983
Mid-1980s

1986

Renovation of Willingdon and
Victoria Youth Detention Centres

Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre
Nanaimo Correctional Centre

Vancouver Island Regional
Correctional Centre—trebuilt

Burnaby Youth Custody Centre

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