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
When an inmate in a BC correctional centre is alleged to have breached a rule under the Corrections Act Regulations, he or she has the right to challenge the allegation at a...
Category: Corrections
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2017/2018
When an inmate in a BC correctional centre is alleged to have breached a rule under the Corrections Act Regulations, he or she has the right to challenge the allegation at a...
Category: Corrections
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2017/2018
When an inmate in a BC correctional centre is alleged to have breached a rule under the Corrections Act Regulations, he or she has the right to challenge the allegation at a...
Category: Corrections
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2017/2018
Robert called us upset about the lack of information he had received from his probation officer. He told us that for several months he had found the conditions on his...
Category: Corrections
Type: Case Summary
Fiscal Year: 2017/2018
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