Mr. Speaker, the acts are clear. Either you provide a secure custody or open custody facility. There is no such thing as a maximum secure custody for young offenders. Those ring more of penitentiaries which have been built in more backward years. The programs we provide are the ones which are most important in these cases. The security is not designated so much by the number of locked doors that we have but it is reflected a little bit in that particular facility. What we have more of, is the supervision that these young offenders have and the level of training that the staff who are provided to secure facilities and open facilities have. It is my understanding that secure facility staff are, generally, much more trained and can more readily handle open custody young offenders than the other way around. My information is that there is no need for renovations, we can use the existing facilities as they are. The Hay River facility has already been designated and now we are redesignating for immediate use the River Ridge facility as an open custody facility. It does not have that much to do with the physical as much as the program and the level of supervision which we provide to these young offenders.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 520-12(3): Plans To Make The River Ridge Facility Open Custody
In the Legislative Assembly on March 18th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 520-12(3): Plans To Make The River Ridge Facility Open Custody
Question 520-12(3): Plans To Make The River Ridge Facility Open Custody
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 17th, 1993
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