Correction

Pacific Institution in Abbotsford is situated on top of three aquifers at the Matsqui prison complex, along with Matsqui Institution and the Fraser Valley Institution for Women. The complex was the subject of a federal investigation into a major leak of its water system.

Leak at Abbotsford prison complex leached chemicals for 4 years, says report

Federal investigation concludes Corrections staff guilty of ‘gross mismangement’

 

B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth helped award 48 recipients working in the correctional field in the province with the Corrections Exemplary Service Medals and Bars. (The News files)

B.C. correctional workers given prestigious provincial awards

48 people were given awards for 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years of service

 

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Man who brutally murdered Saskatchewan woman in 2000 gets day parole in B.C.

Kenneth David MacKay sent to community residential facility on Vancouver Island

 

In this file photo, B.C. Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Sheila Malcolmson speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on May 31, 2022. On Oct. 3, 2022, she announced new supports for people exiting correctional facilities in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. expanding post-prison support services to all 10 correctional facilities

Length of support also expanding from 30 to 90 days

In this file photo, B.C. Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Sheila Malcolmson speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on May 31, 2022. On Oct. 3, 2022, she announced new supports for people exiting correctional facilities in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck