BC youth custody centre closing. (Child & Family).CAMPBELL RIVER -- B.C.'s Lakeview Youth Custody Centre will close this fall. The main reasons for the closing are: * The province's youth crime rate continues to fall; * Community-based alternative programs and other treatment services are working to rehabilitate re·ha·bil·i·tate v. 1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education. 2. To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity. young offenders A young offender is a person of either gender who has been convicted or cautioned for a criminal offence. Criminal justice systems often deal with young offenders differently from adult offenders, but different countries apply the term 'young offender' to different age groups . * Considerable surplus capacity exists in the youth custody system. Lakeview, which has operated in Campbell River since 1978, is an open custody centre and does not have the level of security of the Victoria Youth Custody Centre to deal with secure custody and remanded youth. The youth at Lakeview will be transferred to existing centres. To ensure an adequate open-custody capacity is maintained on Vancouver Island Vancouver Island (1991 pop. 579,921), 12,408 sq mi (32,137 sq km), SW British Columbia, Canada, in the Pacific Ocean; largest island off W North America. It is c.285 mi (460 km) long and c. , an unused 12-bed unit will be opened at the Victoria Youth Custody Centre. The 46 regular and auxiliary auxiliary In grammar, a verb that is subordinate to the main lexical verb in a clause. Auxiliaries can convey distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, person, and number. employees at the facility will be accommodated in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[] As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh. with collective agreements. Regular staff from Lakeview will have the opportunity to transfer to positions there. 250-356-2007 |
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