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Victoria – BC’s Ombudsperson Jay Chalke released an investigative update today assessing government’s progress implementing the sole remaining recommendation from his office’s 2016 report aimed at improving how BC’s ten correctional centres are inspected.
Under Inspection: The Hiatus in BC Correctional Centre Inspections made seven recommendations aimed at making inspections...
Youth in custody at risk due to ministry inaction
Victoria – The BC Ombudsperson has identified a serious lack of progress by the Ministry of Children and Family Development on a 2021 Ombudsperson report with troubling findings about separate confinement of youth in custody…
