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British Columbia adult corrections
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- moving images
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[ca. 1988] (Creation)
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1 video reel (00:32:00) : video copy, Type C, sound ; 26 mm
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The item consists of an instructional video created around 1988 by the British Columbia Corrections Branch to illustrate and describe the different types of secure custodial facilities for adult offenders in British Columbia. The video is approximately 32 minutes long and consists of colour slides with voice over audio. At the time of filming, there were three types of adult corrections centres: secure, open and community. The video describes each type of facility and shows slides of staff and prisoners in each facility involved in activities including recreation, work, medical treatment and educational opportunities.
The facilities shown are as follows:
6 secure facilities for men and women:
Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (Wilkinson, Saanich)
Vancouver Pretrial Centre
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre (Burnaby)
Lakeside Correctional Centre (Burnaby, for women)
Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre
Prince George Regional Correctional Centre
13 semi-isolated open centres including forest camps, farms and specialized centres:
Nanaimo Correctional Centre
Chilliwack River Correctional Centre
Mount Thurston Correctional Centre (forest camp)
Ford Mountain Correctional Centre (forest camp)
Maple Ridge Sentence Management Unit (reception and classification)
Alouette River Correctional Centre (Maple Ridge, alcohol treatment)
Twin Maples Correctional Centre (Maple Ridge, mainly for women)
Pine Ridge Correctional Centre (Haney area forest camp)
Stave Lake Correctional Centre (forest camp for non-dangerous sex offenders)
New Haven Correctional Centre (Burnaby, unit for men under 22 serving their first adult sentence)
Rayleigh Correctional Centre (Kamloops)
Bear Creek Correctional Centre (Wells Gray Park near Clearwater)
Hutda Lake Correction Centre (south of Prince George)
7 community correction centres where inmates worked daily in the community or were serving sentences of three months or less:
Victoria Community Correctional Centre; Nanaimo Community Correctional Centre; Marpole Community Correctional Centre (South Vancouver); Burnaby Community Correctional Centre; Chilliwack Community Correctional Centre; Kamloops Community Correctional Centre and Terrace Community Correctional Centre.
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
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This record is restricted. Please contact the BC Archives for information about access.
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Accession number(s): V2007:02
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Previously described as AAAA7886.
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GCO database no. 636.
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- British Columbia. Corrections Branch (Subject)