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What is new/changed?

ANNEX A OF COMMISSIONER'S DIRECTIVE 006 - CLASSIFICATION OF INSTITUTIONS

The following changes have been made to Annex A of CD 006:

• The Regional Mental Health Centre attached to Archambault Institution has been designated as multi-level, as is the practice in the other regions.
• The portion of Saskatchewan Penitentiary accommodating women has been closed and the new Secure Unit has been opened at Edmonton Institution for Women.
• William Head Institution has been reclassified from medium to minimum security.
• Chilliwack Community Correctional Centre has been opened as a new CSC facility.
• Sumas Community Correctional Centre has been closed pending its refit as a new operational unit.
• The Regional Health Centre in the Pacific region has been redeveloped with new institutions opening: the Regional Treatment Centre (Pacific) as a multi-level and the Pacific Institution as a multi-level.

What is the purpose of the policy change?

These revisions reflect a series of changes required in the Quebec, Pacific and Prairie regions to manage the offender population, and provide a consistent approach to the classification of the Regional Health Centres.

How was it developed?

These revisions were implemented in consultation with the Pacific region, Legal Services, Policy Planning and Coordination Sector, Correctional Operations and Programs Sector, staff and unions.

Expected cost?

None identified.

Other impacts?

None identified.

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