Appendix

Milestones

More than 150 years of Corrections Branch history

First 100 years

1849-1870 Beginning of colonial era

1859 Chain gang system

1871-1949 Beginning of punishment era

1890 Separate incarceration for juvenile
offenders

1910 Juvenile probation

1912 First prison farm (Oakalla) opens

1937 New Haven (Borstal) opens

1942 Provincial probation system for
adults

1950-1969 Era of rehabilitation

1951 Corrections removed from police
administration

1950s First forestry camps established,
including the Oakalla camps

1955 Staff training school

1970-1978 Era of reintegration

1970 Gaols renamed as correctional
centres

1971 Creation of work release unit

1972 B.C, Task Porce on Corrections

1972 Family court counsellor position
established

1974 First bail supervision project
(Vancouver)

1976 Regional administration (six regions

established)

1978
1978

1980-1989
Late 1970s

1980s

1980
1983
1985
1987

1987

1990-1997
1992

Mid-1990s
1995
1996

1996

1997

1997

Youth containment program

Provincial standards issued on
correctional practices

Era of reparation

Increased use of temporary
absences

Specialized family court counsellor
offices established

B.C, Board of Parole established
Computerized records system
National standards in corrections
Electronic monitoring pilot project
initiated

Specialized training for supervision
of sex offenders

and Stave Lake program established

Era of risk management

Province-wide expansion of
electronic monitoring program

Promotion of family mediation
“What works” in corrections

Staff training in offender
risk/needs assessment

Separated duties of family justice
counsellors and probation officers

Corrections Branch reorganization
replaces regional management
structure

Youth corrections transferred to
new Ministry for Children and
Families

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