Privatization of health care and food
setvices

In keeping with government’s continued focus
on fiscal responsibility, health and food services
were privatized during the 1990s. In some
institutions, health care services were privatized

in 1991. Food services wete also privatized in
the early 1990s. To provide cost savings, food
services were amalgamated into one contract so
that there was only one service provider for the
entire province. This step resulted in
considerable cost savings to the Branch.

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Wood salvage at Stave Lake (1985) Corrections Branch Archives

Inmate work programs

Inmate work programs continued to be an
important focus for incarcerated offenders.
Rehabilitation required the development of
employment skills, because a lack of such skills
was telated to criminal behaviour. The

emphasis on employment programs and the

need to operate in a fiscally restrained
environment resulted in innovative
development of inmate work programs.

The waste plastic material recycling program at

Fraser Regional Correctional Centre was one of

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