Acknowledgments

This book is a revised and expanded version of Conflict, Care and
Control: The History of the British Columbia Corrections Branch,
1848-1988, which was published in 1991 by the Simon Fraser
University Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy SBN
0-86491-121-1). The original chapters were rewritten and two new
chapters were added to document Corrections Branch history
during the 1990s, In addition, the number of photographs in this
volume has quadrupled.

Corrections in British Columbia: Pre-Confederation to the Millennium
reflects the involvement of many Corrections Branch management
and staff. The editors thank Paul Pershick and Celia Quigley of the
Justice Institute of B.C. for facilitating its publication. Jim Bisakowski
of Desktop Publishing Ltd. prepared the layout and cover design.

For more than 150 years, history was made by generations of public
servants who committed themselves to a career with the B.C.
Corrections Branch. This printed record captures some of the most
significant milestones of their commitment.

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