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Overview of Bear Creek, Correctional Centre (2002) Corrections Branch Archives

Bear Creek
Correctional Centre
(2002)
Corrections
Branch Archives

» New Haven (60 to 30),
resulting in closure of the farm
program.

Resources from bed closures

were reallocated to higher-risk

offenders. This reallocation was
consistent with the policy of
public protection and the
strategic plan. As a result, the
open bed capacity became more
difficult to justify.

With the overcrowding that
occurred due to remand
populations, the Corrections
Branch began to rethink the use
of medium security centres.
High remand counts required
off-loading of sentenced
populations. At the same time,
medium security institutions
wete more difficult to fill,
because many inmates who were
traditionally housed at this
security level were given
community sentences.

When mote sentenced inmates
wete transferred from secure
centres, new pressures were
placed on medium security
centtes. This stress was evident
through increased escapes from
Alouette River Correctional
Centre (ARCC) in Maple Ridge.

The security of several medium

security centres was upgraded to

address the changing face of the

inmate population:

» ARCC and Nanaimo
Correctional Centre (NCC)

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