Corrections
The Office of the Ombudsperson receives complaints about mattes of administrative unfairness involving B.C.’s correctional system, and typically include solitary/separate confinement and fair treatment while incarcerated.
Related resources - including those concerning personal property and health care - are cross-referenced to be accessible under the Corrections category.
If you have been treated unfairly by the provincial government, a local government, or any other public body, the B.C. Ombudsperson is here to help. Information on our convenient and confidential contact options here.
Under Inspection: The Hiatus in B.C. Correctional Centre Inspections is the product of the Ombudsperson’s investigation into the program of correctional centre inspections...
Category: Corrections
Type: Report
Report Date: June 16, 2016
Category: Children and Youth, Corrections, Health
Type: Report
Report Date: January 27, 1989
Category: Corrections
Type: Report
Report Date: October 01, 1988
Category: Children and Youth, Corrections
Type: Report
Report Date: June 19, 1985
Believing his cough had progressed to pneumonia, Jeff requested medical attention. He was coughing up blood. After several days without a medical appointment, Jeff contacted...
Category: Corrections
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2016/2017
Location: The Lower Mainland
Karen, a transgender woman, was understandably upset when she was placed in the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre – an all-male facility.
In B.C., inmates are no longer...
Category: Corrections
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2016/2017
Location: The Lower Mainland
While being held in segregation, Colin believed he overheard something inappropriate occur at a cell nearby involving a staff member and an inmate. Colin took his concerns to...
Category: Corrections
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2016/2017
Location: The Lower Mainland
Tom, a youth in custody, was unhappy with the treatment he received during a routine search. Having only recently recovered from a broken ankle, Tom believed that a...
Category: Children and Youth, Corrections
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2016/2017
Location: The North
Executive Summary
We received complaints from two youth custody residents who believed they were being unfairly separately confined. Following our investigation, we raised...
Category: Children and Youth, Corrections
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2016/2017
Location: The Lower Mainland
Brian, an inmate in a pretrial detention centre, did not agree with a prescription decision made by the pretrial centre doctor and asked for a second medical opinion. The...
Category: Corrections, Health
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2015/2016
Location: The Lower Mainland