Topic: Department of Community Rehabilitation
Inside story: Homeless prisoners locked up with nowhere to go
Multiple criminal suspects, including some with mental health challenges, are being kept in prison for lengthy periods rather than being bailed or given community sentences because they are homeless.
New director for rehabilitation department
The Ministry of Financial Services and Home Affairs announced on Tuesday that Lisa Malice had been appointed as the director of the Department of Community Rehabilitation.
‘ChAnges’ program focuses on rehabilitation
In an effort to reduce recidivism rates and promote rehabilitation for high-risk offenders, the Department of Community Rehabilitation announced on Monday that it is starting a program called Change Agents in Community Supervision, an adapted program based on the existing Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision.
New leadership for social services ministry
The woman responsible for administering government’s parole and prisoner rehabilitation programs has been named the new acting chief officer for the Ministry of Community Affairs.
Mental health court helps ‘clients’ avoid incarceration
The man in the North Side park used to think the community nurse was “Becky from the Planning Department,” happily retaining the delusion despite her perennial questions about his stability.
Student fined for importing air rifle, no conviction recorded
A student who brought home an air rifle without a license to import it was fined $4,000 on Monday, but no conviction was recorded against him after the magistrate found there were exceptional circumstances.
