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Citizens Vital Link to Understanding Penal System

The first national conference of Citizens' to do a good job. They also asked for Advisory Committees (cAC's), held last more information on operations, April, was hailed as a step toward better policies, and programs originating in recognition of community participation Ottawa. Many delegates said they were in the corrections system of Canada. unaware of recent decisions in the Delegates from across the country met correctional system, which hampered in Ottawa's Park Lane Hotel to ex- them communicating effectively with change information and consider a the community. directive for operation of the commit- Gwen McMahon, CAC member for tees. Joyceville Institution, Ontario, stated Opening the session, Commissioner access to prisons by the community of Corrections, Donald R. Yeomans, could inform the public of activities told his audience, "We need you very inside the prisons, helping to dispell badly," as he explained today's trend in fears and misunderstandings which corrections is to open the system to the have accumulated during the history of public. "We need community support Canadian Corrections. In this way, for our programs, and the community McMahon said, CAC's would serve to should know the problems we are faced make local citizens more aware of the with. A good corrections system needs operation of an institution, acting as Vol. 3 No. 3 June 30, 1978 citizen assistance and understanding. Problems outlined in the Report to Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Canadian Penitentiary and National Parliament by the Sub-Committee on Parole Services, published by Public Affairs Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue the Penitentiary System in Canada West, Ottawa KlA 0P9. Editor Mona C. Ricks illustrates the requirement for involve- ment of non-professional people." Recommendation 49 in the Report to Your contributions are tvelcomed — send them to your Regional Public Parliament states cAC's should be in all Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor of Let's Talk penal institutions; noting correctional agencies have traditionally operated in requirement for exchange of informa- Commissioner Communications, re- isolation, apart from other service agen- tion between cAC's, and an understand- sponsible for relaying penitentiary and cies. According to the Report the ing between CAC's and corrections.'' He parole policies and intentions to staff general public has never been well told delegates, "We want to help you and the public. informed about corrections, causing help us." Deputy Commissioner Braithwaite apathy and hostility toward the opera- Delegates reacted by stating the later commented that Recommendation tion of the criminal justice system. The Commissioner's recognition of CAC's in 25 of the Parliamentary Report on Report contends Citizens' Advisory corrections was an important first step to penitentiaries calls for the Penitentiary Committees, working with corrections Gwen McMahon, CAC member, increasing effectiveness. After a lengthy Service to be more open and accounta- administrators, can help to dispell public Joyceville Institution, Ontario, com- discussion the directive on CAC opera- ble to the public, and places high value fears and misunderstanding, gaining the mented, "When you're involved in tions was accepted. and priority on the involvement of support of the community in penal corrections you become specialized and Penitentiary and parole staff supplied citizens in developing policies, re- reform. The Report reads, "CAC's, if almost mesmerized by directives, answers to questions on programs and sources, and programs on behalf of the properly structured, can provide a real memos, and regulations. Citizens' Ad- objectives of the two agencies. William offender. He added, "If one needs a service to the Canadian Penitentiary visory Committees can provide a fresh Outerbridge, chairman National Parole reason for Citizens' Advisory Commit- Service in terms of informing the public outlook, one that can solve problems Board, outlined the administrative struc- tees, that is sufficient. If one needs a about the realities of prison life and simply and quickly." ture of the National Parole Board within feeling of support to do one's job, the informing the Service itself as to its the Ministry of the Solicitor General. involvement of citizens and their under- shortcomings." concerned citizens who can communi- Millard Beane of the Canadian Peniten- standing is essential." During the conference delegates dis- cate with staff, inmates, and the com- tiary Service explained the Living Unit -aumi cussed a Commissioner's directive on munity. Regular meetings with institu- Program, which assists staff and inmates Citizens' Advisory Committees, which tion directors, staff, and inmate commit- to understand each other in their daily outlines policies for their formation. The tees were also stressed as essential to contact. First Female directive states the Canadian Peniten- good communication of policy and Other staff explained their work: Dr. tiary and National Parole Services are procedures between institutions and Douglas Griffin, CPS, described the CX's in public institutions and, as such, ac- CAC's. A minimum of five meetings a Occupational Development Division countable to the community. It also year were called for. which strives to set work ethics, upgrade Prairies agrees the Services have a responsibility Conference participants also pointed educational standards in corrections, The first female correctional officers to to provide opportunities for community out CAC's could be useful in keeping among other programs for inmate be- be employed in a male penitentiary participation, encouraging open com- directors aware of problems, needs, and nefit. Edgar Bernard discussed the graduated last May from the Staff munication, and involvement with citi- desires of the community on the affairs Social Development Division's work in College in Edmonton, Alberta. They will zens in the affairs of the two Services. of institutions in their locality. This could physical education, recreation, hobby- work at the new Regional Psychiatric Through this involvement the direc- be achieved by proposals for specific craft, social and cultural activities, the life Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, tive suggests a potential exists, not only projects which would enhance the skills program, and community partici- and are the first female cx's in the for increased public awareness, but a image of the penitentiary in the local pation programs. Louis Zeitoun, direc- Prairie region. substantial contribution to humanizing community, and help narrow the com- tor Community Resources Develop- The eight female recruits who com- prisons. The directive endorses Re- munication gap between institutions ment, explained two programs affecting pleted the nine week Cx induction commendation 49 of the Parliamentary and local citizens. women offenders and native offenders, course were unanimous in praising the Report on Canada's penal system, Commissioner Yeomans expressed and Carol Anne Searle outlined a calibre of their training. which declares all institutions should the value of CAC involvement in correc- program for sexual offenders and lifers. Vaughn Alward, Director of the Staff have a Citizens' Advisory Committee. tions by saying, "National headquarters Brian Geraghty, director general Inmate College, attributed much of the success CAC members said they want greater in Ottawa formally recognizes the con- Employment, provided a report on the of the class to the fact that all recruits, access to institutions and non-classified tribution which Citizens' Advisory activities and projects of the industrial whether male or female, were treated files on policies and programs if they are Committees are making; there is a section of the Canadian Penitentiary the same. Service. Kevin George, self-defence instructor, Delegates requested more published insisted no special privileges were information on penitentiary and parole granted to the female recruits in the activities. They specifically asked to be self-defence exercises. Men and women included on all mailing lists for informa- were required to use full force and not tion from headquarters in Ottawa and to "pull their punches." George said, the five regions. Commissioner "We knew the female recruits had the Yeomans agreed, stating he had ap- potential, but we had to give them the pointed John Braithwaite as Deputy opportunity to prove it."

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C.A.M. (Cam) Edwards, Acting Director of Operations, National Parole Service, says there will be news for the Parole Service in the next issue of Let's Talk; he'll George Rimmer, far left CAC Saskatchewan Penitentiary, attended the comb the regions for stories. In the meantime, would parole staff let the editor know conference, to him it was, "...the best step the penitentiary service has taken in their preferences for the tabloid by adding comments to the survey attached to the establishing the credibility of the Citizens' Advisory Committees." Seated next to May/June issue of Let's Talk. Mr. Rimmer is Al Ryan, CAC member, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Alice Davies, CAC representative for Agassiz/Mountain, British Columbia. Two Retirements Ontario Coming and and Ottawa

Going Assistant Director Techni- Ken Atkins, cal Services, Joyceville Institution, On- tario, retired after 33 years in the penitentiary service. Prior to joining CPS, Atkins served with the Royal Canadian ale Oil> Horse Artillery from 1940 to 1945. In 1945 he became a guard at Collins Bay Institution, Ontario, and was pro- moted to assistant storekeeper at that institution. Atkins was appointed head storekeeper at Joyceville Institution in 1960 and assumed the position of F. J. Steel Daum E. Quinlan Assistant Director, Technical Services in 1963, which he held until his retirement. Solicitor-General Jean-Jacques Blais, has appointed Allan F. Wrenshall to the A farewell party took place February position of Inspector General, Canadian Penitentiary Service. As the first Inspector 24, 1978, at No. 9 Legion in Kingston, General, Wrenshall will be called upon to plan and manage a program of review where Ken was presented with a per- and appraisal of the operational effectiveness of penitentiary policies. He will also sonal scroll from the Prime Minister, Harry Baird assume the responsibility of investigating irregularities within the Service. Wrenshall letters of congratulations from Rod started his new duties April 1978 and reports to the Commissioner of Corrections. Neame, Director Technical Services; Most retirees have one retirement The appointment answers Recommendation 28 of the Parliamentary Sub- John Nickels, Chaplain General, and party, Harry Baird was honoured at Committee Report on the Penitentiary System in Canada. Robert H. Dowdell Robert Diguer, Deputy Commissioner three receptions, by Management Con- started his new position of Director General Human Resources with the Canadian Operations, all from CPS. sultant Services; the Commissioner of Penitentiary Service last February. Dowdell joins CPS after two years with the Corrections, Donald R. Yeomans and Anti-Inflation Board where he was Director, Public Sector Division, and Director, Harry Baird has retired from his his staff; and a third by the Deputy Compensation Review. Dowdell has appointed Clifford Farrell as the new Chief, position as Director, Management Con- Minister and the staff of the Ministry Classification and Compensation of the Human Resources Division. Farrell has had sultant Services with the Department of Secretariat. experience in personnel and classification with Treasury Board, Canada Post, and the Solicitor-General, a post he held Among the gifts Harry received was a the Department of National Defence. F. J. Steel was recently named Chief, Living since 1969. set of travel books, and màny letters of Units. Steel has been a correctional officer at William Head Institution, and a living Baird came to the Solicitor-General's appreciation from staff members with unit officer at Matsqui Institution, both in British Columbia. He was employed as a office from the Public Service Commis- whom he has worked. living unit specialist and a security specialist at regional headqua rters in Vancouver sion, where he was Director of what is Harry's plans for retirement, he said, and headquarters in Ottawa. Edmonton Staff College, Prairie Region, has now known as the Bureau of Manage- include doing all the things he was too appointed its first assistant director of training. Ms. Dawn E. Quinlan, has taken ment Consultants. Since that time he busy to do while employed in the the post, another first in the female ranks of penitentiary and parole services. Ms. has worked closely with four Commis- Solicitor-General's department, starting Quinlan is a graduate of the University of Alberta, with a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in sioners of the Penitentiary Service. with a lengthy holiday in Portugal. psychology. She had been a psychologist in Drumheller Institution, Alberta, and has been a Living Unit Specialist at Prairie Regional Headquarters in Saskatoon.

First Female CX's in Prairies (cont'd) New Executive Director

As one female graduate said, "There dominately male institution. "The suc- for St. Leonard's will always exist a traditional male/female cess of female correctional officers in a conflict. However, all we are asking is to male penitentiary will depend on how be treated the same and given a chance they are treated by their fellow male Louis A. Drouillard has been appointed to do our jobs." correctional officers. If they are treated executive director of the St. Leonard's Tom Ellis, Deputy Regional Director, equally and not given any special Society of Canada. He had been acting Security, in Saskatoon, welcomed the privileges, there should not be any in that position following the recent new recruits to the Canadian Peniten- serious problems that cannot be over- death of Rev. Neil Libby, founder of the tiary Service. Ellis mentioned in his come," he said. first St. Leonard's House in 1961. presentation that working in corrections Whatever the outcome, the hiring of Well-known for his work in halfway is a difficult task and could be more female correctional o fficers marks a new houses for ex-offenders, and interest in difficult for females working in a pre- era in the field of Canadian corrections. parole work, Drouillard had been assis- tant director of the Society for two years. His association with St. Leonard's Society goes back many years, during which he founded a residence for young males as an alternative to incarceration. He is a vice-president of the Interna- tional Halfway House Association, rep- resenting halfway houses in the United States, Canada, and other countries. The new executive director stated he intends to continue the objectives set by Rev. Neil Libby his predecessor. These are mainly to make St. Leonard's "more effective. been donated so far. Proceeds earned across the country, with a stable finan- by the fund will go toward education cial base," and consolidation of "the and training of ex-offenders in the family of halfway houses and other humanities, social sciences, or as coun- Eight women correctional officers According to Kevin George, self-de- correctional programs which are mem- sellors in St. Leonard's program. graduated from the Staff College in fence instructor of the Staff College in bers of the St. Leonard's Society." With the announcement of the new Edmonton, Alberta, and will be Edmonton, recruits for correctional of- An immediate priority is the de- executive director came another — employed at the new regional psychiat- ficers were instructed not to "pull their velopment of a scholarship to com- equally important to the Society. Mrs. ric centre in Saskatoon. Front row (left) punches," whether male or female. This memorate the devoted work of Rev. Margaret Libby, widow of Rev. Libby, Twyla Watson, Sharon Sobranski, and instruction applied also while heads Libby in the halfway house movement was elected to fill her husband's position Marie Sakowski; back row (left) Shirley were held fast to the ground. for ex-offenders in Canada. on the Society's Board of Directors. Schockey, Shawna Sullivan, Gail Gor- Target for the Rev. T. N. Libby Mrs. Libby is presently a social worker don, Lorri Proudfoot, and Darlene Memorial Fund has been set at $5,000. with the Essex Children's Aid Society in Kouznitoff . photo by Ed Palibroda and Jim Baker Drouillard announced just $3,000. has Ontario.

Citizens Vital Link to Understanding Penal Sytem (cont'd)

During all discussions on CAC respon- national and regional conferences ministration of institutions. "The confer- she said, should result in stronger and sibilities delegates stressed the necessity where their work can be discussed ence was a very effective means of cohesive local citizen representation in for stronger recognition of their in- openly. Bill Chitty, deputy regional communication and an excellent exer- the Canadian Corrections Service. volvement in administration of penal director, Inmate Programs in Ontario, a cise in citizen-govemment participation. Lloyd Pisapio, Deputy Commis- institutions. They asked for ongoing strong supporter of CAC'S while an I hope to see more of them," Chitty sioner, Offender Program. CPS, closed promotion of Citizens' Advisory Com- institution director, stated the confer- said. the conference saying, 1 support the mittees. Staff in Ottawa, regions and ence was one of the best he has ever Sheelagh Dunn, organizer of the recommendations [from this meeting], institutions, they said, should be notified attended. Chitty was particularly im- conference and program officer, Social and believe we will finally be able to of CAC contributions to prison adminis- pressed with the way CAC members voca- Development, CPS, said it was a very turn the corner in corrections, and assist tration. lized their role in the correction system, important event which demonstrated people by working together now that The three-day conference ended on a and gave support to proposals for the ability of people to act collectively. there are Citizens' Advisory Committees positive note. Delegates asked for more increased CAC involvement in the ad- The long-term effect of the conference, to help, and communities who care." Let's Talk will be running a series of articles by Clive Arthur A/D Organization and Administration at William Head Institution in British Columbia, on styles in management. They express the author's viewpoints, and do not necessarily reflect the views of management. Ideas initiated by the author may be of interest to staff when applying for training and development courses. They represent a new style of article which Let's Talk hopes staff will continue, and so build a paper which con veys staff interest. The first is: Effective Leadership Makes Happy Workers. Effective Leadership Makes Happy Workers

What makes an institu tion or division in an institution productive and happy — yes happy? Conversely, what makes an institution or a division unproductive and unhappy? Usually, the answer can be found in the leadership of the group, whether a group of five or 100 people. The leader, or manager, or super- visor, has three approaches or styles of leadership. These are authoritative, par- ticipative, and free rein or laissez-faire, and his skill as a leader is demonstrated Leadership Chair: With a Vol. 3 No. 4 July 15, 1978 when he uses them correctly. contemplative look at management Briefly, the various styles can be styles, Clive Arthur contributed a verse Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Canadian Penitentiary and National described as: which he credited to the poem In victus Parole Services, published by Public Affairs Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue West, by the Victorian writer, Henley: Ottawa, Ontario KlA 0P9 Editor: Mona C. Ricks • Authoritative — Where time is of the essence, a do it now communication; "He either fears his fate too much, and Your contributions are welcomed — send them to your Regional Public immediate reaction, and results are his desserts are small, Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor of Let's Talk. expected. Or, risks and puts it to the touch to win, or lose it all. " • Participative — Leader identifies with group, seeks their opinion — how Readers with similar interests in can we best achieve this together administrative prose are invited to approach. submit them to Let's Talk.

• Free Rein/Laissez-Faire — Leader The leader/manager/supervisor, by appreciates followers expertise and lets shifting and changing the leadership them go on with their work — keeping posture to the situation, accompanied the reins of leadership loosely in hand. by correct interpersonal communication and empathy for the human equation, These three approaches have one will be likely to succeed in the task at thing in common, that is the situation — hand. the human equation situation of leader, It is that person who will have bright follower, and task. If the supervisor sunny days as a motivator of people, employs the wrong approach to a who will also touch and grasp the holy situation, disaster may result. If the grail of leaders the world over — leader, with an immediate deadline or a effectiveness, efficiency, and the happi- need for urgent response. employs only ness that goes with job satisfaction — the participative approach, he is unlikely which is nourished and created by good to get the expected action. leadership. Conversely, if the supervisor wants the group's opinions, ideas, and sub- Clive Arthur, A/D Organization and sequent motivation, he will be unlikely Administration Flowers grown at William Head bloomed hydrangea brought a smile to succeed if the authoritative staccato William Head Institution Institution on Vancouver Island, find from a lady who spends most of her day approach is used. British Columbia welcoming hands from ladies in local in a wheelchair. homes for the elderly. This fully You Should Know Implementation of recommendations in What They Said • • • the Report to Parliament by the Sub- Committee on the Penitentiary System in Canada is going on continuously. Gordon Towers, MP for Red Deer, interest also being held during recrea- To keep staff up to date on the Alberta, recently toured Bowden Institu- tion periods," said the MP in a local progress of these recommendations, a tion, Innisfail, Alberta, with Donald R. newspaper. mini-report will be included in each Yeomans, Commissioner of Correc- He expressed concern that " . . . in issue of Let's Talk. Response to Rec- tions, and Bob Benner, director of the some cases the heavy hand of bureauc- ommendations 3, 4, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, institution. racy or public sentiment will deny those and 17 are noted below, and classified They met inmates and their represen- in charge of the administrative freedom according to their area of interest, such tatives, the citizens advisory committee, required to adequately do their jobs as general and staff. Others will be and staff. Towers displayed delight in without undue frustration. Whether in- published in a similar column, from a the progress of the institution, " . . . not side or outside the prison, everyone is progress report issued April 4, 1978, by only in the attitude of prisoners, but different, and rigid rules and regulations the Solicitor General. more especially in their training. Instead cannot be applied with the same degree of being depressed, I found it uplifting to of success to each incarcerated person.

Recommendation No: 3 — General — see everyone who was confined at Unless there is some leeway, prison staff The federal government should corn- Bowden apparently content, with their will face unnecessary difficulties created mence discussions with the provinces by bureaucratic indifference." with a view to establishing standardized correctional operations across the coun- finalized and a list of alternatives to the try. present selection standards has been Progress — Discussions with the pro- submitted to the Senior Management vinces over correctional standards were Committee of the Canadian Corrections held with representatives from provin- Service. In addition, standards for tasks cial governments, penitentiary, parole, and competencies have been com- and the National Parole Board. pleted. These are now being assessed by supervisors and should be approved CORRECTION Rec. No: 4 — Staff — The basic by the end of June. qualification for a correctional officer must be a grade 12 education or its Rec. No: 8 — Staff — A sufficient On the second page, June 30, 1978, issue of Let's Talk, a photograph of Rev. tested equivalent) and a minimum of number of training positions must be Neil Libby was shown close to the title "New Executive Director for St. three year's experience in a field invol- established to allow for the full and Leonard's." We apologise if this was misleading. Rev. Libby was executive ving extensive person-to-person rela- adequate training and continuing pro- director of St. Leonard's prior to his death recently, while attending a meeting tionships (teaching, corrections, fessional education of custodial person- in Arizona. Louis A. Drouillard is the new executive director. counselling, supervision, sales). nel without depriving institutions of Progress — Job descriptions have been necessary staff. • Silver Jubilee Awards

Warkworth Institution, Campbellford, Ontario, recently awarded two of its staff with Silver Jubilee medals for 30 years of employment in the public service. Left Norman C. Meers, assistant director, industries, and a deputy director at the institution; Dan Weir, director of the institution, displaying one of the medals; and C. H. (Pep) Lattion, assistant director of security. Norman Meers joined CPS in 1947 as a machinist instructor at Kingston Penitentiary. After 20 years he became supervisor of production at Joyceville Institution, and was promoted to his present position in 1969. Norm was awarded the Centennial Medal in 1967. Pep Lattion joined CPS as a guard in 1945 and worked his way through promotions to his present position. Norm and Pep are both well known in the Campbellford area for Glass Breaking their contribution to community work. at RPC What might look like an attempted escape is actually our own Commissioner of Corrections, Donald R. Yeomans, testing the durability of shatter-proof glass, at the new Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, during his recent visit. Much to his dismay the glass shattered after three quick blows with a hammer. Needless to say, a superior product is being sought to prevent any further incidents.

Unisex not reserved for homo sapiens

fib One anecdote Dave Rempel, re- tired district director of the Win- nipeg parole office, likes to tell is about his family's female cat. "It became pregnant and there were serious family discussions as to how to deal with it. It was finally decided we would ask Big Joe, an inmate, if he would adopt the cat (at the time, pets were allowed at the institution). Joe was described '\7%1 in considerable detail to my WMyt••-bil daughters, and they finally con- e You Should Know (cont'd) sented. Joe agreed wholehear- A tedly, but in my position, I felt I should seek the approval of the Progress — National Headquarters, CCS takings while hostages are being held. warden for the new admission. I personnel have visited all the Regions to Progress — The Commissioner's Direc- approached the warden, stating, explain the process of identifying train- tive on the transfer and discharge of Look, —, we have a pregnant cat at ing positions. inmates from Special Handling Units home and we don 't want kittens in was approved by Senior Management the house. Big Joe has agreed to Rec. No: 12 — Staff — In order to and issued to the field. adopt it and look after it in the increase staff experience and, to en- institution. Can I bring it in?" hance the quality of Canadian penol- Rec. No: 16 — Staff — Each maximum Warden: "Male or female 7 " ogy, there must be regular programs of and medium security penitentiary must exchange of manpower for periods up have a tactical unit of staff trained to to a year or two with penitentiary deal with hostage-taking and other systems in other countries. crises. When necessary, a director Progress — The revised policy on should also call on the assistance of expansion of international contacts police tactical forces. through exchange visits has been ap- Progress — A training program for the proved by senior management. Emergency Response Teams has been established. Rec. No: 14 — Staff — All staff members and all inmates in peniten- Rec. No: 17 — Staff — Women should tiaries must wear name identification. be employed on the same basis as men Progress — Name identification tags to in the Penitentiary Service. be worn by staff and inmates has been Progress — With reference to the fully implemented. employment of women as correctional Rec. No: 15 — Staff — A no deals rule officers (CX) selection standards and should establish that no agreements of recruitment practices have been revised, any kind will be negotiated in hostage- and female cX's employed.

Major policy recommendations governing Citizens' Advisory Committees. drafted Aprif 1978. for consideration by the Commissioner of Corrections.

• Regional and national conferences on Citizens Advisory Committees (cAc's) on a regular basis, at 784 Years Service in Corrections least five times a year. Thirty-one employees of the Canadian Clarke, RHQ, Ontario; Gordon Woods, Penitentiary Service and National RRC, Ontario; James Gray, RHQ, • Distribution of promotion material on cAc's to staff at national. regional, and institutions. Parole Service recently received Queen Ontario; Art Bell, Collins Bay; Reg Glen McMaster, • Institution directors should be informed of possible kinds of CAC participation which could be Elizabeth Silver Jubilee medals during a Gage, RRC, Ontario; beneficial to institution directors. reception at the Correctional Staff Correctional Staff College, Ontario; and College in Ontario. Twenty-two of the Frank Corrigan, RRC, Ontario. Third • A regional council of all CAC' s should be established to solve common problems and coordinate men have a combined career total of row, Gerry Good, Joyceville (retired); programs. 784 years service in CPS/NPS. Each Don Patterson, and Ernie Johnston,

• Directors should be informed, when looking for new CAC members, that service clubs and man in this photograph has 30 years or Collins Bay: Tom Rathwell, RRC, organizations within the community can be approached to propose additional members. more service, from left to right, first row, Ontario: Harry Malbut, Collins Bay; Ken Doug Cumpson, NPS, Kingston; Tom Atkins, Joyceville (retired); Ernie Silver, • CAC concerns should be directed through institution directors before going to higher levels of Craig, RHQ, Ontario; Bill Westlake, Frontenac; Ray Rogers, RHQ, Ontario; management deputy commissioner, Security, Ed Tousignant, Collins Bay. • Directors should not have the sole power to replace CAC members, this should be done in consultation representing the Commissioner of with other Committee members. Corrections; Arthur Trono, RDG; Missing from the photograph are. J. Donald Clark, RD; R.H. Duff, RD, all M.J. Reid, Frontenac; P.H.J. Belisle, • CAC' s should receive better cooperation from administration in Ottawa and the five regions. Policy from regional headquarters in Ontario; W.J. Harpell, J.H. Switzer, all from RRC directives within the system should be written sufficiently broad so that CAC' S will not be prohibited in any area of administration. cAc's should not be avenues for public relations only, they should have and Norm Meers, assistant director, in Ontario; J.P. McLaren, D.H. Fowler, liaison also with staff and inmates. Industries, Warkworth Institution, Millhaven Institution; C.H.D. Lattion, Ontario. Second row. Al Irvine, Landry Warkworth; R. Julien, Joyceville; and Crossing; Joe Fowler, Collins Bay; Bill M.C. Willard, Bath.

I a. Trust Fund CX's win Awards Contributions to a trust fund for the education of Michel Roy's children have been collected by a group of employees in the Quebec Region. The fund will be held in Awards were presented for outstanding achievement during a nine-week induction trust and administered by three persons responsible for adequate control of the course for correctional officers at Edmonton Staff College. Six graduates were given fund. Contributions can be addressed to: Compte de fiducie Michel Roy, C/O special mention by Tom Ellis, Deputy Regional Director, Security, Prairie Regional Claude Bouthillette, Treasurer, Regional Reception Centre (Quebec), P.O. Box Headquarters: Darcy Claypool — High Self-Defence; Eric Fisher — 5550, Ste. Anne des Plaines, Quebec, JON 1H0. Michel Roy was shot and killed Sportsmanship Award; Gail Gordon — High Academic Award; Terry Hucalak — outside his home. He had been director of Archambault Institution in Quebec. Most Improved Athlete; Robert Jones — High Weapons; and Victor Perrin — Most Outstanding Athlete. Kent Institution Nears Completion

The new maximum-security institution at Agassiz, British Columbia, is nearing completion, and will house some in- mates from the 100 year-old British Columbia Penitentiary, expected to be phased out as a maximum-security institution. Most penitentiaries are named after a locality or municipality; Kent Institution has been approved as the name for the new penitentiary at Agassiz. Located only a few hundred metres from Moun- tain Institution, and 5,000 metres to the northeast of the town of Agassiz, the new building is gradually taking shape. Construction is scheduled to be com- pleted by the fall of this year and staff moved in to set up administrative procedures. The first of 192 inmates will arrive early in 1979. John A. Dowsett, director of the new View from the courtyard of the institution, was previously director of soon-to-be completed Kent Vol.3 No.5 July 31, 1978 Millhaven, a maximum security institu- (maximum-security) Institution in tion in Ontario. Agassiz, British Columbia. Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Canadian Penitentiary and National Parole Services, published by Public Affairs Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario KlA 0P9 Editor: Mona C. Ricks

The following article was sent to Let's Talk by Clive Arthur of William Head Your contributions are welcomed — send them to your Regional Public Institution. It is the second in a series of three comments on management which will Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor of Let's Talk. be concluded in the next issue. Knowing When To Listen Counts HELLO — Not Goodbye

Listening, it has been said is not a favor you do someone — it's a favor you do The next issue of Let's Talk will be guided by a new editor — say hello to yourself. Helen Gooderham — to whom information for the tabloid should be sent in Certainly, this is a method living unit Ottawa. Thank you for the many contributions you have sent to me and all officers employ within our institution, the help given in starting Let's Talk again on the road to fame. William Head, a medium security in- stitution on Vancouver Island, if they are • 1 to be effective in their daily contact with 21cAe- 41. Rt inmates. As professional interviewers their de- gree of success in really listening is manifested in their ability to elicit the information they need. In tum, they can Participaction Hits Mission create and tailor the information they want to pass on to the inmate being Institution interviewed. The willingness of an in- mate to respond openly and easily The spirit of participaction has infiltrated Daily, at around noon, staff can be depends on the interviewer's ability to Clive Arthur, author of the comments Mission Institution in British Columbia. seen in lime green, purple, and red listen. Conversely, attempts by the living on management, sent this photo of a Last April two energetic clerks decided it sweatsuits leaving Mission prison gates unit officer to put the inmate under the living unit officer preparing to interview was time to get in shape. They began to jog one to five miles. The experience gun, will have the opposite effect, and an inmate, adding, "If the officer is their daily jog around the institution's has been so rewarding three staffers the interviewer will not be effective in relaxed and human, he will succeed." perimeter, undaunted by the snickers completed the 5 3/4 mile First Annual obtaining the required information. and snide remarks of those who saw no Fun Run last May, sponsored by Van- As a professional, the living unit of inmates, also the Penitentiary Ser- value in running around in circles. couver radio station CHQM, the YMCA, officer knows not to focus on traits or vice. Persevering in their excursion toward and the Vancouver Parks Board. The mannerisms in an interview. He recog- By applying themselves efficiently physical and mental health, they were run was around the seawall surrounding nizes that serious concentration is re- and humanly to the difficult task of joined by other staff of Mission Institu- famed Stanley Park in Vancouver, in a quired to resist distractions. It is neces- interviewing, living unit officers reflect tion. One by one, staff from social torrential downpour of British Columbia sary to listen for feeling and innuendo, credit on themselves and the Peniten- development, arts and crafts, recreation, liquid sunshine. these could be important when measur- tiary Service, and, the inmate feels good living units, psychology, and technical ing a response. Coupled with the task of in having participated in a human services joined the joggers. Even clerks Jim Elliot listening is the living unit officer's degree situation. in the finance department began walk- AD/Technical Services of personal flexibility. This quality will After all, isn't that the name of the ing two or three miles a day. Mission Institution, British Columbia determine the inmate's response game? throughout the interview. By changing the interviewing method, keeping the Clive Arthur goal of the interview always in mind, AD/Organization and and by listening, staff can acquire Administration information which can effectively ans- William Head Institution wer the needs and resolve the problems British Columbia What They Do . . .

Not knowing why — and when you do another shock, being hereditary, H.C. know being fearful to tell — is a daily would cause her two children to be "at heartache for sufferers of a rare disease risk." known as Huntington's Chorea. In his late teens Shirley's son Gary Last June, Shirley Redmond, an showed the first symptoms of H.C. — administrative assistant in Communica- noticeably uncontrolled movements. So tions Branch, Ottawa, explained how far daughter Anita has not been affected she is trying to dispel the mystery — she has a 50-50 chance of not surrounding Huntington's Chorea — contracting it. she wants to revive the Ottawa Chapter Seeing her husband suffer and die, Mission Institution's jogging tearn out for their daily run around the prison fence. of the Huntington Society of Canada, one child affected, and the other never MIMES' StU and June was her campaign month. knowing if she too will be afflicted, has Shirley knows first hand about the given Shirley the drive to help others disease, it has been a close, painful part know more about the problem. The Golden Rule of Arts and Sciences: of her life for a long time. Seventeen Her campaign for an active Ottawa Whoever has the gold makes the rules. years ago she was told her late husband Chapter is part of a constant dedication had the disease, to which was added to get information on the disease out in • 37 Years Later . . . Hello Out There Jim Gray Says "That's It" Gerry Woods of the Solicitor General's research division is preparing a history of the Canadian Penitentiary Service and he needs help from staff, especially those A party was held last May at the Legion Jim's retirement officially starts Sep- who have retired. RecollectIons of CPS, and the changes that have occurred in the in Kingston, Ontario, to bid Jim Gray tember of this year, but because he had system, with an insight into personal experiences, would help him cha rt the happiness as he began to plan for his accumulated many weeks of annual historical course of the Canadian criminal justice system. If you know of anyone retirement. leave he is enjoying a prolonged sum- who could help Gerry please send their name and address to your regional Jim started with the Penitentiary mer holiday before hanging up his long information officer, or to the editor of Let's Ta/k. Service in 1941 at Kingston Penitentiary service record. as a prison guard; he worked there until Presentations were made to Jim and 1965. When the industrial warehouse at his wife from co-workers and friends, nearby Collins Bay Institution opened, also a 35-year service certificate signed You Should Know Jim was there to do a job in supplies. by Prime Minister Trudeau. Since then he has held various jobs at His colleagues and friends send a The July 15 issue of Let's Talk included Negotiations for standing offers on the what is now known as the Regional special message to him through Let's a column on the Solicitor General's use of charter flights, and discussion on Supply Centre, including senior store- Talk. They wish he and his wife healthy response to the Parliamentary Sub- the use of RCMP flights is underway. man, and warehouse superintendent. and happy retirement. Committee Recommendations on the Penitentiary System in Canada. To Rec. No: 34 - Inmate Rights — Institu- keep staff informed on the progress of tional libraries must provide adequate the response to the recommendations, a material for legal research, especially in mini-report is printed here from reports the field of criminal law. issued April and May 1978. Recom- Progress - CPS objective is to provide mendations 19, 33, 34, and 41 are material which is relevant, and pack- discussed here, identified by subjects, aged in a way it can be easily referred Organization and Inmate Rights. Re- to. Some material has been purchased. commendations 3, 4, 8, 12, 14, 15, and 17 were published in the July 15 issue. Rec. No: 41 - Inmate Rights — There For further information on these re- must be a graduated system of incen- commendations refer to the Monthly tives based on labour productivity. Progress Report of the Parliamentary Incentives should include bonuses for Report on the Penitentiary System, May piecework and improvements, and 1978. earned remission. Inmates who work either inside or outside penitentiaries Rec. No: 19 - Organization — A should be required to pay room and Jim Gray and wife Billy at retirement party last May in Kingston, Ontario. rigorous post analysis must be carried board at reasonable rates, and to photo — Dave Bryant out in all maximum and medium contribute to the support of their security institutions to eliminate over- families to the extent these demands are manning of posts. compatible with their retaining a finan- What They Do . . .(cont'd) Progress - A three-man committee has cial incentive to work. the open. So People Know You're Not took up the fight to help others know been established in every region to Progress - The first evaluation of the Alone was the campaign theme. more about the disease, campaigning conduct an analysis of all con-ectional industries project at Joyceville Institution Because others in CPS/NPS may be for funds to start H.C. Chapters and and living unit officers' positions. in Ontario has been analysed. The either "at risk" contracting the disease, establishing research projects to probe possibility of establishing a similar prog- or already have it, she invites staff to the crippling nervous disorder. Rec. No: 33 - Inmate Rights — The ram at Springhill Institution in Nova write her for more information on H.C., Canada has 17 Chapters, Shirley transfer of inmates from an institution Scotia is being pursued with the Atlantic which attacks the central nervous sys- Redmond hopes to make it 18. She should normally be arranged by the Region. Plans for payment of bonuses, tem, leaving victims in a vegetative wants to assist people to understand director of that institution with the referred to in Recommendation 41, existence. how to manage the effects of H.C., and director of the receiving institution. have been a success after one year in Woodie Guthrie, the American help raise funds for research. Shirley Transfers should be effected by train or most institutions with industrial shops. A songwriter, inherited the disease. He can be reached at: 1009-285 Loretta by government bus or by government report on the bonus plans has been spent more than 10 years in hospital Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5A5, or by aircraft, not by commercial aircraft. completed, and will be forwarded to and died in 1967. Guthrie's mother telephone 728-2809 in Ottawa. Progress - The new Commissioner's Treasury Board. Divisional Instructions Directive on inmate transfers is with the have been prepared on the procedures IBM legal adviser. It will be circulated for to be used in implementing the earned approval before being officially issued. remission system. What They Pre-Retirernent Courses Said ... For 1978

Lou Drouillard is the Executive Director The Staff Development Branch of of the St. Leonard's Society of Canada, CPS/NPS is offering a course on pre- which works closely with half-way retirement planning for staff and hus- houses and community-based residen- bands or wives. The course includes tial centres. In an address to the information on pensions, health, in- National Training Institute on Commun- vestment, security, second careers, so- ity Residential Treatment Centres in cial life, leisure time, and hobbies. The Detroit, Michigan, he shared thoughts three-day course is being held four on how community groups and citizens times in the Ottawa-Hull area. The first could more effectively communicate was June 20-22, the next is scheduled with government agencies and person- for August 29-31, and the following nel ". . . You must get to know the two, October 24-26 and November people in the government system — so 16-17. For other information contact well that you know which people to trust the training officer, Staff Development and which to distrust. You also have to Branch Information Centre in Ottawa, Friend or Foe? The Emergency Response Team, Pacific Region, recently get to know the bureaucratic system so 996-5569, and staff training for regional completed an intensive, five-day dog handlers training course, preparing for action that you are sure of what you can trust information. during crisis situations in federal penitentiaries. Here, they are seen working with In the system and what you must guard dogs simulating a crisis situation. distrust." Specialists to Study Education in Prisons Jean-Jacques Blais, Solicitor General (left) and Maurice Dionne, MP for Commissioner of Corrections, Donald Penitentiary advisor to the group, said Northumberland/Miramichi, R. Yeomans, announced last May nine 75 per cent of the 9,000 men now in participated in a sod-turning ceremony education specialists have been ap- prison report a Grade 8 education. last may at Renous, New Brunswick, pointed to study the federal prison "These are claimed levels, and what we after unveiling a sign naming system's inmate education programs. find is that claimed levels are not Dungarvon Institution as the new Headed by Dr. Alan Thomas, a functional levels," Griffin added. maximum-security penitentiary to be specialist in Adult Education at the About one-third are taking trades built there. Construction is to start early Ontario Institute for Studies in Educa- training in prison, or academic classes next year on the former site of the tion, Toronto, Ontario, the group is from elementary to university levels. Canadian Forces Naval ammunition expected to make recommendations by Several inmates in British Columbia depot. Dungarvon Institution will next February. obtained their Arts degrees this year. accommodate 216 inmates and is During a visit to one prison, Thomas Griffin said these successes are excep- expected to be completed in 1981. expressed surprise at the youth of the tional, as education programs in prison inmates, most of whom are in their are often interrupted by prison routine. twenties. Dr. D.K. Griffin, Canadian Last June 6 Californians voted a resounding yes to lower taxes in their Proposition 13 tax referendum, an- nouncing to a startled world they were through paying ever-escalating social costs. Repercussions bounced across the Western world, for if California thinks it can't pay its tax bill, who can? Is a tax revolt also headed our way? Commissioner of Corrections, Donald R. Yeomans, asked Let's Talk to consider this phenomenon from a CCS perspective and offer provocative comments.

The Party's Over . . . Rethinking the Costs Will Rogers once said there are only the smallest institutions in the Western two things in the world we can be world? That our parole direct super- certain of — death and taxes. vision caseload is the smallest in the It would appear as a result of the world? That our Parole Board is recent tax revolt in California the only certainly one of the largest in the world? certainty left is death. Living next to the That, despite extremely low parole Vol. 3 No. 6 August 15, 1978 United States gives us the advantage of caseloads, we also have extensive and Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Canadian Penitentiary and National observing a trend beginning there, expensive contracts with private after- Parole Services, published by Public Affairs Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue West, while we prepare for its subsequent care agencies? If so, he may well reach Ottawa, Ontario KlA 0P9 Editor: Helen Gooderham emergence in Canada. If this is so, we the conclusion that, while a corrections had best take a hard look at the views service is essential, it should be less Your contributions are welcomed — send them to your Regional Public expressed in the Economist article expensive and more effective. He may Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor of Let's Talk. reprinted below. conclude that "All that's gold does not Today, taxation in Canada is taking glitter." more and more of the average wage While corrections must continue, earner's salary, forcing him to seek costs cannot continue to rise. more increases from his employer, What does this mean for CCS? A which the government then reduces in requirement to rethink the expenditure order to respond to the same wage ' of the correctional dollar may well earner's demands for better service. become a blessing instead of a bane. It But that expensive and vicious circle could be a blessing in terms of reducing may well be coming to an end. the conspicious waste of unnecessary Prime Minister Trudeau hinted at incarceration (the rate of incarceration that possibility in addressing American in Canada is 90 per 100,000, while the financial leaders at the Economic Club Netherlands with the lowest rate in the of New York when he stated: "The Western world, imprisons 23 persons voluntary sectors of our societies per 100,000). While our incarceration should be made to flourish. Their rate is basically the same as other decline has inevitably been reflected in predominantly white Commonwealth the growth of government and com- countries, the Law Reform Commis- mercial services. It has resulted in the sion feels it could be reduced if we loss of a sense of community. We need employed greater means of diversion; to demonstrate there are other ways of found alternatives to prison; and, doing the community's work. We must preserved incarceration as an essential give encouragement and sustenance to luxury to be expended only on the these efforts. There is no threat here, dangerous, persistent, stubborn and only boundless opportunity." repetitive offender. If cuts in government spending must However, these measures are be made, then public services will be beyond our immediate control — they reassessed, not by sophisticated Par- are dependent on other forces within liamentary Sub-Committee academi- the criminal justice system. What we cians, or correctional philosophers, but must do is ensure the funds we by the concerned taxpayer. currently administer are expended in What will the taxpayer discover? the best interests of staff, offenders and That without allowing for inflation, the citizens. We must reconsider program New Federal Health Centre cost of maintaining a prisoner in one of alternatives. For example, if we are Scale model of the upcoming Federal Health Centre to be located on Collins our penitentiaries has nearly doubled operating a camp which stays within its Bay Penitentiary property is uiewed by (left to right) Tom Craig, Regional since 1974-75. That incarceration alone budget, which has one of the lowest per Coordinator, Technical Services; Simon Davis, architect; Jack Owen, costs $25,000 per year per inmate, not diem costs in Canada, and, a one-to- architect; R.H. Duff, Regional Director (OS) Ontario and J.D. Clark, Acting including construction costs, lost taxes three staff-inmate ratio, with a program Regional Director CPS. Construction is scheduled for Spring 1979. Design is and welfare payments to families of that is oriented towards providing by Neish, Owen, Rowland and Roy, Architects and Engineers. inmates. That we have probably the opportunities for inmates to earn funds — Photo: Mike Chinnery (CSC) highest staff-inmate ratio of any and to serve the community through western democracy? That we operate useful work projects; should this be

A Worldwide Revolt Has Barely Begun What They Said . . . The revolt against taxes is in its infancy. It will grow to a rude uniuersal manhood i f two things do not quickly happen in the Western free-enterprise world. The tax reuolt will spread, first, if the growth in personal income and wellbeing does not begin to outstrip again the remorseless John Braithwaite, Deputy Commis- alternatives for sentences to be carried growth in taxation to pay for public services. And it will spread rowdily, if the growth in the tax- sionner, Communications, of the out." take itself does not diminish; then halt; then very soon, go into reverse . Canadian Corrections Service, spoke "The future for community residen- The history of taxation is simply that . . . tax has grown from virtually nothing a century ago to the point where it takes, in uarying forms, up to a quarter of total personal earnings and to the National Training Institute on tial centres cannot be described in

between a third and a half of gross domestic product today. . . Inflation has caused income Community Residential Treatment detail but I hope one truth will sustain all taxes designed as progressive to bite into the incomes of middle income-earners they were Centres in Detroit, Michigan last May. of 'you and that is exemplified in the never designed to catch. Here are some of his comments: words of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, when . . . Social democrats, more than conservatives will have to find a way of promoting an will be truly inflation-free growth in real income to finance their plans for social justice and wellbeing: which "The further we take the offender he was asked: 'Who of us will depend, pretty clearly, on their rediscovering and promoting the sense of less fettered away from the Community by stone happy?' and his response was, `Those private adventure and profit in the prtvate sector that has made the West so strikingly better off walls, chain link fences, and the like, the of us who have been concerned with than the collective East. more difficult it is to have the com- and have served our fellow man.' On They have, then, to define more closely what they really want fo do socially; they cannot, munity assume its role as the ultimate that basis I know that you will find a when voters are for the first time imposing fax ceilings, simply spend, spend on everything at once. And they have, lastly, to find ways to provide more public service than is so lamentably agent for change. In this regard, I feel sense of both serenity and conflict provided now for each fax dollar. that you should put your mind to new within your endeavors. I would close by We suspect that, over the dead bodies of pu blic-seruice trade unions and cartels, there will be types of community residential centres reminding you as you take up your an increasing trend towards privatizing social and other services, that is, putting them out to — those which operate at the front end deliberations and return to the chal- tender by private suppliers working to stringent, publicly imposed standards . . . your communities It is easy fo overdramatize a single event in a single far-off state in America. We doubt we of the system and not just pre-release; lenge that rests in overdramatize, for the precursors of California's vote have been there for many to see. Its those that operate during the course of the admonition taken from Chapter 31, sequels will be just as obuious. The present or coming fax revolt will not be aimed like the a sentence, such as work release units, Verse 9 of the Book of Proverbs: Boston Tea Party at unrepresentative government . . . it will be aimed at the efficiency of furlough houses, and even as tempo- `Speak out, judge righteously and allegedly representative gouernment at home. rary homes for the inmate and his maintain the rights of the poor and Extracts from an article in the London Economist which family; and, also to give consideration needy' — because, as we all know, they appeared in the Ottawa Journal, June 26, 1978. to providing, under private auspices, are our clients." This is the final article in Clive Arthur's comments on management. Let's Talk hopes you enjoyed the series and invites any contributions of this nature from staff throughout the Service. Bureaucracy Anyone? At one time or another we have heard in doubt and when justice seems to be the term bureaucrat or bureaucracy, in question — this is the beginning of usually with derogatory implications. the path toward Abraham Maslow's self Generally, our commonly held actualization. Maslow, a behavioural ■•• notions of bureaucracy are, it is scientist and sociologist, defined self- something to do with government and it actualization as the achievement of a isn't all that good. "Parkinson's Law" level of supreme confidence and satis- (satirical statements expressed as faction in what one is doing. We may economic laws, eg. work expands to fill never reach that heady goal — few have the time allotted to it) and the "Peter — however the satisfaction that we Principle" (to be in over one's head with have at least started on that road is regard to job responsibility and duty) ample reward. have reinforced these vague feelings. On the other hand, we should also It is interesting to note how Max consider the pitfalls of bureaucracy; in Weber, a noted sociologist, deals with this consideration, sociologist Scott bureaucracy. He states in his book, MacNall has in my view, put it all Essays In Sociology, the three enduring together. He states in the book, The characteristics of a bureaucracy are as Sociological Experience: "The bureau- follows: cracy is organized so that it can attain • Regular activities required for the its goals in the most efficient manner. purposes of the bureaucratically Sometimes, however, the very nature governed structure are distributed of the organization breeds inefficiency." New Device Helps in a fixed way as official duties. The bureaucrat is trained to respond • The authority to give the commands to signals and cues, which may be Crippled Children Stand required for the discharge of these unrewarding for the individuals they are duties is distributed in a stable way trying to serve. John Ryan, Director of Collins Bay Penitentiary, Ontario, demonstrates the (hierarchy or rank structure). The participants in a bureaucracy are new Collins Bay prone stander at a presentation in the prison chapel to the • Methodical provision is made for the subject to structural constraints and Crippled Childrens' Hospital, Kingston, July 21. The prone stander, designed regular and continuous fulfillment of tend toward over-conformity or trained by seven inmates, the hole-in-the-tvall gang, cost less than $100 in the department's required duties incapacity. materials, compared to the retail cost of $900 of a commercial design and has and only persons who have the New situations sometimes call for a portable radio bought by one of the inmates. John Ryan praised the generally regulated qualifications to responses the rules were not designed inmates for "choosing to help people they have never seen and from whom serve are employed. to handle. Strict adherence to rules they have no hope of repayment." — Photo: Mike Chinnery (CSC) He goes on to say — "In government may block adaptation. these three elements constitute These points are relevant to us in our "bureaucratic authority." In the private work with inmates and parolees over sector they constitute "bureaucratic whom we have control. It is the policy of New Crime Prevention management." the Canadian Corrections Service that Logo Thus it will be seen that "bureau- we must always bear in mind our Crime prevention is the message of a cracy" is not limited to governments, it decisions, our interpretations. Our new logo recently released by the can also be applied to large retail every action has one guiding, illumi- Solicitor General of Canada. It depicts organizations and oil companies nating beacon to follow — the bending a family unit and police, silhouetted amongst others. Also, the difference of our every nerve and sinew to satisfy beside a police badge, and carries the between a bureaucratic system and a the conditions of the appropriate slogan Working Together To Prevent non-bureaucratic one is, the bureau- legislation and the needs of the Crime. cratic system has a working administra- individual staff member, offender and An official of the Ministry explained tion branch while the other does not. society — with all the expertise and the logo related to crime prevention We are all laboring in the vineyard of empathy we can individually and and community relations, especially the bureaucracy and within the Canadian collectively produce. family. Stickers and posters are being Corrections Service, we are exhorted In this way our particular bureau- sent across the country, to initiate a to fulfill our duties according to the rules cracy can be a dynamic example drive for support of crime prevention in WorkingTogether set forth in legislation, and we are also through our concerted dedicated Canada. To Prevent Crime required to interpret those rules to the efforts. Accompanying the logo is an benefit of staff and offenders. Wisely, Having due regard for Weber's information kit containing 75 pamphlets we are told we should not forget the definition and Scott MacNall's shoals of and manuals, covering many aspects of have been trained to react to a crime human element and that the first danger, the question is — Bureaucracy crime detection and prevention. With after the fact, and points out more time required personal quality is empathy anyone? Our answer seems to be "Sure the aid of the kit, police can develop is now being spent in training police to with our fellow workers. It is often easy — why not!" community-based programs to acquaint prevent crime occurring. to hide behind a rule for a pat, fast the public with ways in which they can Police forces have indicated they answer when a little more effort and help in preventing crime. favoured a national campaign on crime human consideration for someone's An outcome of interest in crime prevention for years but did not have plight would produce untold dividends prevention by all provinces, is a crime the resources or time to develop a — for staff or inmates and the Service. Clive Arthur prevention co-ordinators course at the suitable program. The new logo is part To look at the rules and beyond them, AD Organization and Administration Canadian Police College in Rockliffe, of the national crime prevention to seek the advice of our superiors, to William Head Institution Ontario. Its aim is to alert future police campaign — answering police concern make a case verbally or in writing when British Columbia officers to the possibility of preventing a for increasing crime. It is the symbol of a criminal act. multi-faceted approach designed to Vic Rawlins of the National Con- assist police officers in establishing sultants Preventive Policing believes community support and programs greater emphasis has been placed on aimed at nipping crime in the bud. crime prevention in recent years, Posters of the logo can be obtained although a lot more has to be done. from Bill Snowdon, Rm 1238, 340 Rawlins says Canada's police forces Laurier West, Ottawa, KlA 0P8.

THE PARTY'S OVER (cont'd) phased out in order to provide the staff What must we do if we are to have resources for an expensive new the best correctional service in the maximum security institution whose Western world without also having one costs would be in excess of $25,000 per with an insatiable hunger for tax inmate per year? dollars? We must replace much of the We must also consider the greater current rhetoric with reality; and, the involvement and participation of the concept of "rehabilitation for all," by An Institution: Is it an example of dynamic bureaucracy? asks author community itself in the provision of, not greater emphasis on individual res- Clive Arthur. just after-care services within the ponsibility. This is not a demand for institution, such as counselling and reductions or cutbacks, but a plea for education, but also in the development the careful review of present programs of employment opportunities for and practices and, if required, the inmates. The community, if it desires development of more effective and Coming and Going more efficient and economical cor- economic ones. Richard Zubrycki has recently joined completed two years of post-graduate rectional services, must help achieve This challenge is not a question of the staff of the Policy Division as policy course work for his doctorate in social this goal — for example, involving spending more or spending less, but analyst. Initially he will be actively work at the University of Toronto, and private enterprise in developing and spending better — measuring the cost involved in the clarification and prior to this, he was Assistant Director, managing our correctional industries — against the ultimate benefit and doing development of policy relating to the Socialization, at Stony Mountain complete with unions, prevailing wages our very best to ensure that the question of Peace Officer status within Institution, Manitoba. and worker responsibilities. taxpayer gets real value for his money. CPS/NPS. Zubrycki has recently

se Four happy faces at a farewell party, as Bill Aitkenhead, Chief of Food Services, celebrated his retirement — 32 years in the public service, 25 years in CCS, 16 of them as Chief of Food Services in Ottawa. That's quite a record. Donald R. Yeomans, Commissioner of Corrections, made the presentation, assisted by Robert Diguer, Deputy Commissioner, Operations Vol. 3 No. 7 and Administration at a reception held at the RCMP Mess, Ottawa, July 20. August 31, 1978 (See story below). From left to right: Robert Diguer, Jeanne and Bill Aitkenhead and Donald Yeomans. Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Canadian Penitentiary and National Parole Services, published by Public Affairs Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario KlA 0P9 Editor: Helen Gooderham

Bill Aitkenhead — "Mr. Food" Your contributions are welcomed — send them to your Regional Public Retires To a New Life Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor of Let's Talk. Chief, Golfing and Fishing Division, is for the next 16 years he was Chief of Bill Aitkenhead's new title. July 31, Food Services. CPS' Chief of Food Services retired "Food services in penitentiaries have after almost 25 years balancing inmates' changed a lot in 25 years." When Bill diets, planning rations, worrying about first arrived 484 was the daily ration for supplies, running in fact what amounts an inmate. Everything was produced at to a cross-country catering service for the penitentiary, bread, meat, vege- 10,000 regular and hungry customers. tables; conditions were far from And always the possibility of a riot if the sanitary, and equipment was old and food wasn't up to scratch! "Actually we outdated. Bill worked hard to change all haven't had a rumble caused by food in that. He produced and developed new years, but when I first started they were rations on a scale comparable to the not unknown." armed forces and daily food inspections Bill plans "to take it easy for awhile" were instituted after 1962 to ensure in his newly renovated home at quality. Campbellford, Ontario, and then who Inmates used to eat knows? He might just open up his own in their cells but now most inmates eat restaurant. You can't let all that in dining rooms. There is also experience go to waste, especially a choice on the menu, and a recent when your wife Jeanne is also a chef. innovation is religious diets — vegetarian meals Jeanne recently retired herself — from and kosher-style TV dinners. Prison for Women, Kingston, where she was a food supervisor. According to Bill, more and more Bill was born in England and came to inmates are now working in the this country when he was eight. bakeries, and in meat and vegetable Recently, he said, he got his Canadian preparation — because wages are Order of St. John Awarded citizenship, just to show he's decided to better and there is a group bonus stay! His family lived in Winnipeg and system which is working well. Plans are Major L.S. (Larry) Tucker, Liuing Unit Officer at Warkworth Institution, that's where he got into the restaurant going ahead for vocational training for was invested in The Order of St. John at the Investiture at Government business, working for a couple who had Food Service staff and inmates across House, Ottawa, by His Excellency, the Right Honorable Jules Léger, a restaurant there. Then he worked for Canada. Courses will last 10 to 12 Governor General of Canada, recently. The Order, dating back many the CPR "running the trains" and later months to allow for possible accredi- centuries, is now associated with the St. John Ambulance Association and in the Royal Alexandra Hotel as a chef. tation so inmates can leave with a trade Brigade. He learned his cooking apprentice-style in their pockets. Larry Tucker has been chairperson, Cobourg Branch of the Order for eight and now prides himself on his soups In addition to his Ottawa farewell years. His branch has organized and conducted numerous first aid training and sauces, fish and roasts. party (see photo), Bill was honored courses for industry and the public; his representatives attend all public When the war came, he spent five July 6 at the Staff College, Montreal. functions such as hockey games, highland games, horse shows, fairs and years continuously at sea serving up Food Service officers across Canada other civic functions. A home nursing course is conducted by registered meals. He joined CPS in 1953 as chief contributed to a presentation "to buy nursing staff as part of the Branch's community programs. steward at Stony Mountain Institution golf clubs" as well as a painting of a Blue The Branch is funded by the United Appeal and other charitable donations and in 1962 he came to Ottawa where Nose done by an inmate. and hopes to purchase a vehicle for use as a mobile first-aid post. The Branch purchases uniforms for its representatives, medication, bandages, stretchers and all necessary medical supplies. Welcome to Context We all congratulate Larry on the honor awarded him. The first issue of Context, monthly newsletter of the Community/ Corrections Resource and Information Centre published in July, reports on the 15. What They Said: community/inmate scene across Canada. Prison Workers Conference Describing its aims, Context says: Rev. J.A. Nickels, Chaplain Generà1, "We live in turbulent times — a young "Chaplain John J. Carr, and the many CPS/NPS, attended the Association of person today looks out on the world volunteers working with him, is o o Christian Prison Workers, June 15-17, with a feeling of directionless dis- attempting to focus the resources of the at Fullerton, California. The purpose of content, particularily in the areas of community on the needs of inmates, the conference, he said, was to draw up standards, values and lack of excel- parolees and their families. We believe terms of reference for the training of lence. People who offer themselves as taking a person out of the community o Christian volunteer prison workers. prison workers must first work out their for a few years, then returning that Hiiii The Association was founded by Corne own philosophy of life. They must put person without community acceptance porter, educator or citizen, we want to ten Boom, who was herself incar- themselves right before they can begin and support, is detrimental to the be your nationwide correctional cerated for over a year in three of the to try to put others right." wellbeing of offender and community. resource centre." worst Nazi concentration camps, and Rev. Nickels also spoke of starting a Our staff will catalogue, abstract and If you are interested in receiving has since travelled the world — 65 ministry in country lock-ups and local send out material to those seeking help; Context, write: Context, Resource and countries in 33 years — to lecture and jails, and of the great need of inmates to we will track down information and Information Centre, 10 Trinity Square, minister in prisons. have friends who can offer leadership identify new resources. Whether you Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1B1. Phone: Rev. Nickels spoke on Opportunities and counsel. are inmate, warden, legislator, re- (416) 598-1806. Auailable to the Vo/unteer in Prisons. Prisoner's Week in Montreal Prisoner's Week held in Montreal last process and means of keeping the April for the fourth consecutive year, accused out of the courts. "Diversion is had as its theme Prison and You. the opposite of penal reform since it Aimed at increasing public awareness tries to avoid imprisonment." Parole of detention and stimulating discussion, and Temporary Absence are not Prisoner's Week was organized by six alternatives to imprisonment "because groups concerned with penal institu- before becoming eligible for parole or tions in Quebec including AVBAD, the TA, the individual must go through the J.C. Barcier Len Slack L.J. Corrigan Bill Fraser University of Montreal School of various stages of the penal process." Criminology and the John Howard The John Howard Society set up an Society. exhibition of inmates' work at Com- Four Drivers Receive Awards The Week featured a stage show, plexe Desjardins. Paintings, sculptures, lectures, a panel discussion, and ended crafts and licence plates drew the G.A. Pinder, Director of Joyceville Institution, Ontario, presented safe driving with a supper, penitentiary style. attention of the crowd. Those dis- awards, issued by the Transportation Safety Association of Ontario for During a panel discussion, Dr. Bruno playing work were former, or present, "recognition of outstanding contributions to the public safety" to Len Slack Cormier of McGill University, spoke on inmates of penal institutions in Quebec. for 18 years service as guaed staff, bus driver and messenger; to J.C. Barcier diversion, ways of bypassing the judicial for 14 yeaes of service driving all types of equipment from snow plows to escort vehicles; to L.J. Corrigan for five years service as driver and equipment operator, and to Bill Fraser for three years service as truck and escort driver. The awards, a lapel button and identification card, were presented at a recent staff meeting.

I1P Two Summer Youth Programs Operating Again This Year The Ministry of the Solicitor General ordination and other crime prevention Summer Youth Programs are in full programs. gear again this summer from May to According to coordinators Adams September with over 1100 young and Button, the Summer Youth people, high school and university Programs are proving highly successful students, aged 15 to 30, employed in in providing a direct and positive some 445 projects across the country. experience for young people with the criminal justice system. There is There are two programs. Summer a new Student Employment and Activities awareness between young people and local police forces as a result Program (SSEAP) in its third year, is of working together on coordinated by Erica Button. SSEAP common projects. "They're seeing each other employs students in the Ministry as people," said Erica Button. Nancy Adams Secretariat, Canadian Penitentiary finds that through Service, National Parole Service, the Job Corps young people have a great opportunity to National Parole Board and the RCMP. do Projects include general police duties something worthwhile in their com- Taking a Look at Canada's Prisons with the RCMP, police/community munity. "They feel they're having an impact and A group of senior correctional officers from Cook County, USA (a suburb of relations, research projects, diversion they develop a different perspective on the Chicago) recently uisited the Ontario region to exchange views on corrections and crime prevention programs. criminal justice system." and study Canadian methods. "Canadian prisons are very relaxed," was their In its second year of operation, the Both programs are coordinated comment. All the American correctional officers came from an institution Summer Job Corps is coordinated by through the office of the Senior which "hotels" 5,0000 inmates. They spent two days visiting Millhaven Nancy Adams. The Job Corps works Personnel Policy Adviser, Robert Institution, Collins Bay Institution, the Regional Reception Centre and Prison with the Ministry of the Solicitor Dunphy, and are sponsored by the for Women. Photographed with the U.S. officers are S.M. Scrutton, General as well as with provincial Ministry of the Solicitor General in Director, Regional Reception Centre, Dr. Roy Brown, Director, Regional corrections, and provincial and munici- cooperation with the Commission of Psychiatric Centre; Murray Millar, Director, Correctional Staff College; pal police. Projects function on a team Employment & Immigration. Hiring Douglas Chinnery, Director, Prison for Women, and Larry Stebins, basis with a project leader in such begins in January through the Public Assistant Director, Collins Bay Institution. Photo: Barry Wright. activities as Operation Identification, Service Commission and Canada Native/Police Interface, Volunteer Co- Employment Centres. Know More About Your Work Coming & Going . • • Bowker, Lee H. Prisoner Subcultures. potential of inmate self-government. Joseph Ansay Retires Lexington, Mass., Lexington Books, Criminology (Beverly Hills, California), 1977. 173 p. $16. S 20224 15(2): 165-178, 1977. S 20228 Joseph Ansay retired recently after 31 Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, and later This volume summarizes what is Inmate self-government is one of the years in government food services — was appointed head of Food Services at known about inmate subculture in strategies for moving correctional six years with the Canadian Forces and Montée St. François Institution. In 1965 institutions for men, women, and institutions away from the crime 25 with CCS. He was well known for the he was transferred to Cowansville adolescents. Contents: Pioneering control establishment model and excellent rapport he maintained with Institution, then promoted to Ste. Anne Studies of Prisons for Men, Period of toward the community subsystem fellow workers and inmates. des Plaines Institution where he Maturation in Institutional Studies, model. Born in Belgium in 1913, Ansay spent remained until his retirement. Contemporary Approaches to the Whether or not inmate self-govern- 51 months as a prisoner of war during His colleagues gave a party in his Study of Prisoner Subcultures, Sub- ment is a viable reform strategy pivots World War II. He emigrated to Canada honor at the Staff College in recog- cultures in Women's Prisons, Institu- ultimately on the revision of social in 1951 and began working for food nition of his great devotion to his work, tions for Boys, Recent Developments in attitudes toward deviants generally and services at the Royal Military College in and they wished him much happiness Prisoner Subcultures. the capacity of the prison to reduce St-Jean, Quebec. In 1957, he was at St. and health in the many years ahead. Canada. Solicitor General. Report of significantly its social psychological the Task Force of the Private Sector in isolation from the larger community Criminal Justice. Ottawa, Supply and system. Services Canada, 1977. 220 p. S 20225 Rogers, Joseph W. Why are you not a It is imperative that a greatly criminal? Englewood Cliffs, New strengthened and more stabilized Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1977. 160 capacity be built across Canada for pages. $3.95. S 20235 non-governmental organizations Although most people dream of a (NGO) and citizen-based criminal utopian, crimeless society, and most justice services. The Task Force on the people feel smug about not being Role of the Private Sector in Criminal labeled criminal, the responses to the Justice urges a new quality of partner- question "Why am I not a criminal?" ship between governments, NGO*1's, suggest that conformity may be just as and citizens, characterized by clearly difficult and problematic as deviance — shared responsibilities. perhaps more so. Recommendations are intended to This book presents individual, per- set a general direction for the develop- sonal accounts with selected refer- ment of NGO government citizen ences to other writers, and thinkers, relationships in Canada, which will and defines sociological approaches or make the criminal justice services more frameworks, such as reference groups, human and responsive to community neutralization theory, and alienation needs. theory. Extended footnotes and a bib- We salute you Jos! Farewell party in full swing at the Staff College, Montreal. Johnson, Elmer H. Commentary: liography are included. "We Can Handle It" PAROLE: UNDER ATTACK

An article in the Toronto Star, June 6, claimed parole officers of the National Parole Service faced increasing diffi- culties fulfilling their duties and expres- sed concern for the parole system. C.A.M. (Austin) Edwards, Acting Director of Operations, NPS, discusses charges raised in the Star article.

Recently the National Parole Service see their files and Section 17 of the has been under attack from certain National Parole Board Regulations newspapers. All is not going well in the which allow inmates to be provided with Parole Service, they charge, and quote information prior to Parole Board hear- disgruntled parole officers, parolees ings — however we should be "open and mandatory supervision cases. and accountable" according to the Par- They claim parole officers are "ter- laimentary Sub-Committee investigat- rified" — fearful of the increasing ing penitentiaries. Vol. 3 No. 8 September 30, 1978 number of hard core cases coming • still regard with concern the thought under their supervision, especially man- of becoming peace officers — even Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Canadian Penitentiary and National datory cases; upset over expanded though the implications are not clear Parole Services, published by Public Affairs Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue West, duties, reduced authority, and constant and some probation officers have been Ottawa, Ontario K1 A 0P9 Editor: Helen Gooderham change. peace officers for years. This sort of criticism of the Parole • regret the lowering of educational Your contributions are welcomed — send them to your Regional Public Service exaggerates problems parole standards for the Welfare Program Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor of Let's Talk. officers have been experiencing lately. Group in CCS — but want a career- We're not as black as painted — but oriented CCS. there is no doubt that parole officers are • are concerned by the erosion of their under considerable stress as they try to authority: they can no longer suspend a absorb all the changes shot at them parole if they see fit — even though A Promising Undertaking ... recently — separation from the Na- they do not wish to be peace officers. tional Parole Board, integration with • fear the increasing responsibilities Laval Policemen Study CCS CPS, changes in Parole and Peni- and case loads under the new Unes- tentiary acts, Parole Board Regulations corted Temporary Absence Program Recently 20 to 30 Laval, Quebec, and NPS Procedures. — at the same time they are con- policemen attended a two-week audio- The fact is, parole officers are doing cerned about job security because of visual presentation on the Canadian an increasingly difficult job with dedica- the possibility of a take over of parole Corrections Service at the Staff tion traditional to the Service. They're authority by some of the provinces. College, Montreal. The presentation generally a young, well educated and • are faced with difficult Mandatory was followed by a visit to an institution. experienced professional body and Supervision situations, the revolving Formed into groups of five or six, the they can handle it. Ninety-nine percent door syndrome — but accept the need policemen visited the institution of their have at least one university degree. We to protect society. choice. are developing a considerable correc- Real problems — and seeming para- Developed by William Patterson, tional experience. doxes, but NPS is young and its staff is training coordinator for Laval police- Integration into CCS has brought young. We intend to meet and over- men, in collaboration with Jean Lajoie, benefits — but also problems and come our difficulties in a cooperative CCS Regional Public Affairs Adminis- paradoxes. For example many parole and creative manner! trator, these visits were designed to officers . . . inform policemen on CCS and its said J.P. Dugas, Director of Laval • are concerned about the effects of C.A.M. Edwards operations. Institution, and "they are a good Part IV of the Canadian Human Rights Acting Director of Operations "The visits show commendable complement to the training program of Act which allows inmates the right to National Parole Service initiative on the part of Laval police", Laval's police force." Patterson pointed out "this munici- pality has several detention centres, so it is very important for police to visit these institutions and see how the penitentiary system works. We are occasionally called upon to work with CCS officials and these visits allow policemen to be better acquainted with the operations of an institution. We patrol the perimeters but are not aware of the internal operations ." J.P. Dugas also considered the visits very important because "they will make policemen more effective if called upon during a crisis. They will know the setting where they will have to operate Yves Deslauriers and the people they will be working with. If policemen are given access to institutions, they will be more informed when their services are required." During the visits, the policemen were very interested in security, which they found tight. "It's a different system from what I thought — I could not have imagined they were so security- minded," said one officer. Another remarked, "I wouldn't have believed I could leatri- so much on a visit," adding he hoped all policemen would be given the opportunity to see how an institution works. A third policeman Dave Tizard Ron Surgenor and Double Winner: Jim Thompson said, "the lack of such visits for policemen is unfortunate. We should Star Shots from Millhaven, Joyceville, RHQ give them priority." The policemen and J.P. Dugas, Director of Laval, were unanimous in Ontario Region Pistol and Rifle Competition feeling visits to institutions should be an was a great success again this summer with some neat sharp shooting in both uniformed and non-uniformed categories. integral part of a policeman's training. Ron Surgenor, Acting Regional Director (Security) presented the awards. Winner of the uniformed revolver competition Irving Kulick, Director of Leclerc with a score of 543 was Dave Tizard, Correctional Officer, Millhaven Institution; high scorer in the uniformed rifle Institution, said the visits helped both competition was Yves Deslauriers, Correctional Officer, Joyceville Institution with 375 points; and winner in both CCS officials and the police. "Such categories was Jim Thompson, Regional Headquarters, Ontario, with 485 points in the non-uniformed revolver and 366 programs establish good relations with points in non-uniformed rifle competitions. Some shooting! Photos: Mike Chinnery, Correctional Staff College.. those we work with regularly." Electronics Training Courses What They Said . . . Possible in a "Max"? Yes! On Hostage-Taking & Recidivism Flue years ago, after many requests from inmates, Jim O'Sullivan, the then Supervisor of Industries at Saskatchewan Penitentiary (he is now Director there) Talking about hostage-taking and there. Out of 9,500 inmates in federal began the difficult task of selling senior penitentiary officials on the feasibility of break-outs in a CBC Canada AM penitentiaries, 6,200 have never been setting up basic electronics training for inmates inside a maximum institution. interview recently, Donald R. Yeo- there before — contrary to the Let's talk gives the behind-the-scene story of difficulties encountered, problems mans, Commissioner of Corrections popularly held view that we have a very experienced by inmates trainees. . . the eventual success of the first course and had this to say: "There are two ways we high recidivism rate in Canada .. . Only the implementation of the second. can look at the prison system — in one third of our inmates are in terms of hostage-takings, there were 10 maximum security institutions — the By January 1977 O'Sullivan's efforts in six last year, and so rest, to 70 perecent, are in medium were rewarded with the introduction of in 1975, 28 1976, 65 far this year, only four. These figures or minimum security institutions. But a basic electronics course. It hadn't that should cause what we hear about all the time are been easy. He had to deal with such don't indicate a trend us great concern. The other way of references to the four or five maximum contentious issues as the fear there looking at prisons is to see how security institutions where our more would not be sufficient numbers of successful we are at getting people difficult prisoners are." inmates interested in the course — or back on the street and keeping them able to absorb the highly technical training because of their relatively low llivan academic standing. He was concerned 'Su 11.11■11M111■11111■M about offering a high quality program O

and about employment/training pros- Jim pects within the electronics area. And there was always the problem of securi- the responsibility for deciding between ty in a maximum security penitentiary. the training program or the other The Saskatchewan Technical Insti- activities, and to act accordingly. As a tute (STI) in Moose Jaw, whose ex- result, six individuals opted out, five pertise in the electronics trade training during the first four months. area enjoys a national reputation, was Progress reports were most reward- put under contract to provide training ing. All participants met, and frequent- as an extension of their pre-employ- ly surpassed, established performance ment program. The instruction, pro- standards. They were frequently ob- gram content, testing, evaluation and served, even during leisure hours, en- certification are all provided by the gaged in program related studies. Technical Institute; and all aspects of The success of the institutional pro- institutional training activity are iden- gram was really apparent when in June tical to programs offered on the Moose the six remaining program participants Jaw campus. were permitted to attend STI convoca- The program is divided into units of tion exercises in Moose Jaw, under instruction, each forming the basis for escort. Few of the 300 or so persons an understanding of each successive there were aware of the circumstances one. The January '77 program covered surrounding the achievement of these eight units progressing through basic six inmates as they took their turn, Grierson Nomads are the electrical and electronic theory, radio indistinguishable from all the others as Winnahs! receiver servicing, audio system ser- they mounted the auditorium stage and Just to remind us all the puck and stick season will soon be upon us, Grierson vicing, FM and stereo systems, antenna received their diplomas from the 511 Community Correctional Centre, Edmonton, sends us the good word that their systems and mono and color TV re- principal. hockey team, the Grierson Nomads, comprised of CCS staff, inmates, parolees ceivers. The course took 15 months to Another electronics class, consisting and exparolees, won the 1977-78 Edmonton Recreational Hockey League complete, ending April '78. of 12 trainees, is again underway. This Championship by soundly defeating the Staff College Tigers, a team from CCS Twelve inmate trainees were ad- year the program content has been Staff College, Edmonton. The score was 12 to 2 in a two game total point semi-final mitted to the program — selection was expanded to include an additional unit series . From there, the Grierson Nomads went on to defeat the Edmonton based primarily on interest. The group of instruction dealing with digital sys- Youth Development Centre in a competitive two game total point final series 7 to 6. was a representative cross-section of tems. As well, Stan Burton, Head Report sent in by Randy Brandt, Counsellor, Grierson Centre. the inmate population in terms of age, Instructor in the Technical Institute's academic standing and length of sen- electronics department, whose efforts tence. Ages ranged from 19 to 37, the and cooperation have contributed im- majority in their early 20's; educational measurably to the success of the levels from grade 8 to partial university, program, is currently engaged in a Our Letter Box . . . with the majority having grade 10 to research project to investigate the grade 12. Several inmates serving life possibility of extending the institute's sentences were also included. computer links to include the peni- For the duration of the course, tentiary class. Thus the benefits of Fascinating Book inmates were urged to forego conflict- computer assisted instruction and ac- ing daytime activities such as visits, cess to learning experiences currently on a Controversial interviews and other socialization type not possible due to spatial and/or Subject — functions or transfer to another institu- equipment limitations, can be made Recidivism tion. They were encouraged to accept available to the penitentiary program. etre EDITOR: Last June Centennial Dr. Lubimiv also attempts to reach Publishing Company brought out the community at large to make them Recidivism and Resocialization by Alex understand their part in accepting New Industries Project Lubimiv, Ph.D. It's one of the most offenders back into their daily lives. fascinating treatises on recidivism I've Society must take an active part if ever read. Written by a socio-therapist resocialization is to replace recidivism. Millhaven Mobile Meter Racks at the Regional Psychiatric Centre, Meter racks in several designs are now Kingston, this comprehensive review of Cost of the book is $4.95 from rolling into production in the Industries a difficult subject challenges both lay Centennial Publishing Co., RR 1, division at Millhaven Maximum Secur- readers and correctional workers. Elginburg, Ontario, KOH IMO. ity Institution, Ontario. According to From the beginning and in open terms, W.J. Hardy, Chief, Market Research Dr. Lubimiv goes into the matter of and Development, Ontario Region, the incarceration, its effect on inmates, Guy Verreault meter rack project, in operation since penitentiary personnel and society in Regional Public Relations May, has gone very well and is now into general. He is concerned about the Administrator its second production run, the first reinforcement process at all levels. The (Ontario) having sold out immediately. extensive bibliography indicates the Such success suggested expansion tremendous background and research and now Millhaven Industries is into done by the author and provides us Pre-Retirement Courses making the racks in two sizes, as well as with a most unusual document. a stationary model. They have also I am not going to define Recidivism In the July 31 issue of Let's Talk there modified the original design to produce and Resocialization in detail, but I do was a notice concerning Pre-Retire- a steel-topped mobile table for use in want to strongly urge people to read it ment courses to be given October 24-26 public utility companies. — it can be applied to any person, and November 16-17. The courses are To assess the feasibility of the meter family or group of people and not only being sponsored by the Public Service rack project, Hardy approached 300 outside shop hours to meet urgent to life and behavior behind the walls of Commission, Staff Development power utility companies, and when a deadlines on the working drawings. The an institution. The table of contents is Branch not CPS/NPS Staff Develop- good response was shown, he got down finished design was then sent out to described in such a way the reader can ment Branch as previously stated. If to designs — with a lot of cooperation, all 300 utility companies — and orders easily pick any of the sub-titles from any you would like further information on he said, from Reg. Lloyd, Industries began pouring in. Hardy said he was of the four chapters without having the these courses, call the training officer, instructor, and an interested inmate most impressed with the "total feeling he is missing any part of the total Staff Development Branch Information who became so enthusiastic he worked cooperation" he got on this project. story. Centre in Ottawa at 996-5569. Pacific Health and Fitness Program to be Launched Soon Before joining CCS in 1973, Clark- son spent nine years in social service work, including education and treat- ment of drug problems, marriage coun-

selling and family service work. atiyiote Once EAP is in full swing in the ill 77a 1111: region, Clarkson will be available to CCS employees for confidential coun- .rroit , frOre le 8 . I selling on health problems affecting ' Ir ep à e do , their work. The counselling, which will Uri4. be advisory rather than treatment- Milli t'a s ,

oriented, will be available away from the r , , illilmii"PPID ' 4 . 1 job site and if convenient, held in the 1 é : • employee's home. ‘ : Per Clarkson is especially enthusiastic CCS Pacific Region employees will be about dealing with alcohol related L soon jogging, doing push-ups and gen- problems. "The most difficult aspect erally "working out" — all part of a new with alcoholism is the inability of al- health and fitness program, the Em- coholics to recognize their illness and ployee Assistance Plan (EAP), to be seek help. The employer is the most launched soon. effective person and the job the most Vol. 3, No. 9 October 15, 1978 EAP, initially implemented by the effective tool for having the alcoholic Federal Treasury Board to assist em- recognize his illness and seek help," Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Canadian Correctional Service, ployees with health problems that Clarkson said. published by Public Affairs Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, might interfere with work perform- He will also act in an advisory Ontario KlA 0P9, tel: 593-7501 Editor: Helen Gooderham ance, will be a prevention and treat- capacity to management and the union ment oriented program. Prevention will when disciplinary action against an Your contributions are welcomed — send them to your Regional Public include health education and physical employee is contemplated because of a Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor of Let's Talk. fitness activities, while confidential ad- health-related problem. visory counselling, and referral to com- Because of enthusiasm expressed for munity-based diagnostic and treat- EAP, the prevention aspect of the ment facilities, are to be prime corn- program got underway several months ponents of the treatment aspect of the ago. A Regional Fitness and Health program. Advisory Committee, and some institu- Ottawa Golf Tournament . . . EAP's major health problem target tional committees, have been estab- will be alcoholism, with drug abuse, and lished. Selected staff in physical educa- Prizes, Laughs, Sand Traps social, mental, and physical problems tion and recreation have received in- other areas of concern. tensive training in exercise technology. Reg Clarkson, newly appointed Act- Speaking strictly of his own involve- ing Coordinator, Health Services, is ment with EAP, Clarkson said, "I don't responsiblè for the initial coordination expect to be swamped by calls, espec- of the program. Well qualified for the ially not at first." Clarkson sees the position, he is a life-long physical fitness program as an important step in enthusiast who practices what he strengthening employee relations in preaches. CCS. ATA QTD1111U1

The Winners: Peter Perron, Annette Comtois, ATI1 RTRFAM Rick Sharp and Marina Drain.

STREAM Corn- ATA is poster system, the Public Service The Public Service Commission Local 70041, keeping in mind its aim to introducing major changes to the Data mission expects to introduce a new increase goodwill and friendship among Stream computerized inventory for electronic transmission system in Oc- employees, organized a fun-for-all golf staffing positions, and the poster dis- tober that works on a 24-hour basis to tournament August 8 at the Gatineau tribution system as a result of a per- 16 terminal centres, distributing com- Golf and Country Club. President of formance review conducted recently. petition posters and notices of right to the Local, Florent Cadotte, directed a As of June 1978, Data Stream will be appeal. Each centre would be able to committee which included Bill Bilo- used exclusively in closed competitions transmit to other centres as well as to deau, Fred Cameron and Kevin for staff positions at the senior levels, the National Capital Region. Murphy (PR extraordinaire). Pierre Another time-saving possibility being Commissioner of Corrections, Donald R starting with PM-6, equivalent, or high- Perron recruited 57 golfers and took mans and Pierre Perron er, in the Executive, Scientific and considered is a special translation unit care of various events. Professional, Administrative and For- adjacent to the Ottawa terminal centre, Everything got off to a flying start, the eign Service, and Technical categories. to handle all translation related to weather cooperated and 44 employees This will reduce the number of partici- competition posters and notices of right managed to get up enough courage to To save everyone's time pants in Data Stream from 110,000 to to appeal within 24 hours of receipt. play 18 holes. Sixty-one employees Give your excuse by 23,000. All closed competitions not Staff who wish to change career attended the hot and cold buffet and number. using Data Stream will be conducted by paths, should consult their depart- later, Donald R. Yeomans, Commis- 1. That's the way we've always competition posters or departmental mental personnel office for specific sioner of Corrections, presented done it. inventories. details on how the changes in Data trophies. 2. I didn't know you were in a To improve the efficiency of the Stream will affect them. Prizes went to Pierre Perron, best hurry for it. gross score; Rick Sharp, best net score; 3. That's not in my department. A reminder Marina Drain, best gross score; and 4. No one told me to go ahead. Annette Comtois, best net score. Of 5. I'm waiting for an o.k. Starting October 1, 1978, only employees formally recorded in the new Data the 24 gifts given out, two were of a 6. That's his job — not mine! STREAM will be considered when Data STREAM closed competitions are special nature: Gray Gillespie won the 7. Wait till the boss comes back held. prize for landing in the most sand traps & ask him. lf, between May 1 and October 1, 1978, you have not either: and Fernand Albert won a watch When 8. I forgot. — submitted a new Data STREAM questionnaire or record change form, Mrs. Yeomans drew his number. 9. I didn't think it was very or Florent Cadotte wound up the important. — indicated in writing your satisfaction with the information on record, presentation with words of thanks to 10. I'm so busy I just can't get your name will be withdrawn from Data STREAM. everyone who contributed to the around to it. For more information, contact your Data STREAM liaison officer or phone success a this event which has made 11. I thought I told you. the Data STREAM Service at the Public Service Commission, tel: (613) each and everyone of us a happier 12. I wasn't hired to do that! 996-8105. member of the Canadian Corrections Service." Coming & Going . . . New Code of Conduct New Director Soon to be Operative Montgomery Centre, Toronto, has a All CCS staff across Canada should new director. She is Mrs. Helen Vail. now have received briefing on the new Married and the mother of a two•year Code of Conduct to make sure every- old, Mrs. Vail brings with her seven one is fully aware of its implications. years experience in the National Parole re 4. The new Code replaces the previous Service. She has served as a parole Code of Discipline in effect for employ- - officer in Windsor, as District Director ees of CPS since December 1974, and in the Timmins, Ontario, office and as the Code of Discipline for NPS em-

Assistant District Director in Toronto. Board of Education. In 1970, Mrs. Vail ployees in effect from 1968. This is the

Before coming to NPS, Mrs. Vail was received her MA in Psychology from v9

first time all employees have been :t assistant to Riding Secretary, James Queen's University, Kingston. 4

briefed personally on standards of p Auld, Minister of Tourism and Public At the present time, Montgomery conduct and discipline and they have lsam Works, and Special Education Con- Centre houses 14 male residents. It has been given an opportunity to ask c sultant to the Leeds and Grenville five consellors and two support staff. questions. at The new Code provides more detail disciplinary penalties, the employee will in the areas of conduct, discipline and receive a copy of the Disciplinary delegation of authority, according to Action Report and it will go on the John Howard Executive Retires Gary Gillespie, Staff Relations Officer, employee's personnel file. All Disci- Human Resources Division. The Con- plinary Action Reports will be removed Kirkpatrick was one of the key duct section, a new addition to the from the employees personnel file after figures behind the creation of the Code, is intended to acquaint em- two years, if no further disciplinary national John Howard Society, which ployees with the appropriate standards penalties have been recorded. Em- saw eight separate provincial groups of performance and conduct. The list of ployees should exercise their privilege across Canada come under one cen- infractions is grouped into three cate- under their collective agreement to tral body. gories and within each category are review their files and ensure the docu- He has been involved in Canadian outlined a series of minor and major ments are removed. Corrections and offender rehabilitation infractions. The list has been expanded The objective of the Code of Con- for many years and has contributed to more clearly identify the areas of duct is to motivate and encourage staff A.M. (Kirk) Kirkpatrick, Executive greatly to the state of corrections in this employee misconduct. to develop better attitudes and per- Director of the John Howard Society of country. Those who have worked Authority to award disciplinary pen- formance and to discourage dissident Canada, has retired after 20 years of with him have expressed a deep alties has been amended to provide employees from exercising undue in- service with the association. He is now respect for his enthusiastic dedication supervisors with the right to administer fluence on standards of behavior. Dis- working as a consultant at the national to Corrections and wish him all the best verbal and written reprimands, and ciplinary procedures, when necessary, level with the Society. in his retirement. directors the right to discharge. All will be used to reinforce in employees supervisors (about 1800 of them) will the desire and ability to meet accepted receive three days of training in the standards of work and conduct. The implementation of the new Code. Code has been carefully explained to all Rules of conduct cover such subjects employees, and after the effective date, as conflict of interest, disclosure of will be promptly and impartially en- information, political activity, discrim- forced. The emphasis will be on fair- ination, employee organization activi- play and investigation of circumstances ties, and appearance, deportment and before an employee is charged. performance. The new Code becomes effective Infractions can be minor or major after the briefings have been com- and are grouped into categories of pleted, on a date to be established for Attendancé, Personal Conduct and each institution, district office and re- Performance of Duty. Verbal repri- gional office by the Regional Director mands will not be recorded on the General and, at national headquarters, employee's personnel file; for other by the Commissioner of Corrections.

Regional News/Views Whooping it up at Bowden Rodeo Financed by inmates, Social Devel- opment Division at Bowden and RHQ Prairies, the rodeo included a miniature stampede with inmate contestants try- ing to ride "wild animais," games booths for the children and free food and refreshments for all guests. Fifty inmate contestants, many of whom had never ridden a horse before, in saddle bronc, bareback competed bronc, bull riding, cow milking and calf roping. Some inmates practised beforu- hand on a rented automatic bucking machine called el toro. Over 400 outsiders attended the third Bob Benner, Director of Bowden, annual prison rodeo at Bowden Medi- said events like the rodeo help improve um Security Institution, Innisfail, Al- staff-inmate relations. The day was berta, this summer. It's the only peni- such a success he plans to keep it an tentiary rodeo in Canada and prison annual event and said he expects even officials think it's probably a unique more outside community guests will event. attend next year. Kingston Jog-a-thon Good Therapy CCS goes to Toronto "EX" Exercise is great therapy for people in all walks of life — something more and Former Let's Talk editor, Mona Ricks, always handy with a camera, took this neat more people appreciate in our "push shot of former Solicitor General Warren Allmand (bottom right) and his family as button" society. That includes inmates they paused to view the Solicitor General Canada exhibit at the Canadian National in our institutions who also enjoy the Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto last August. The Honourable Warren Allmand, now feeling of wellbeing gained from being Minister for Consumer and Corporate Affairs, was Solicitor General from 1972 to physically fit and participating with 1976. With him are his three children, Patrick, Julianna and Robin. Theme of the others in group activities. Shown here exhibit is the fact that most offenders return to society helped by a wide variety of are members of the staff and inmate CCS programs. populations from Regional Psychiatric Also interested in prison affairs are two school children, (top), Geoffrey and Centre, Kingston, who participated in a Olympic t-shirt); Dr. W. Marshall, Tamatha Ryder of Rexdale, Ontario, in for the day to see the sights at the CNE 10 km. community Jog-a-thon. The run Department of Psychology, Queens which is celebrating its 100th year in fine style. was one of the events organized in the University, on staff at the time; Ron It's all been too much for one CNE viewer, (bottom left), 100 year celebration or Kingston area to help celebrate Canada Stolz, Head of Recreation (RPC) and not. He's taking time out for a little nap, safe under the protection of the Solicitor Week. Left to right, Dr. R. Brown, Bill Sparrow, Recreation Officer, Mill- General exhibit. Director, Psychiatric Centre (in the haven Institution, Ontario. I. 'CAPs.' ""11TOR MINNT2Y '-':.- II' GM' .-

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Vol. 3 No. 10 October 31, 1978

Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Canadian Correctional Service, published by Public Affairs Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Memorial Service for Slain Ontario KlA 0P9, tel: 593-7501 Editor: Helen Gooderham Your contributions are welcomed — send them to your Regional Public Prison Guards and Policemen Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor of Let's Talk. A sad and silent crowd of 2,000 people The hour-long service began at 11 stood at attention on Parliament Hill a.m. September 24 with a parade from one brilliantly sunny Sunday morning in the Supreme Court Building to Parlia- late September to observe the first ment Hill led by the Ottawa Police Pipe national memorial day honoring police- Band and the Ottawa Police Male What's New: Progress Report men and prison personnel killed in the Chorus. Police forces from Ottawa, line of duty last year. Since 1973 seven Western Quebec, Kingston and Peter- On the implementation of the parliamentary Canadian Correctional Service em- borough, as well as a unit of Canadian subcommittee recommendations on the ployees have been killed. Correctional Service staff from Quebec penitentiary system Ottawa Police Chaplain, Norman and Ontario Regions, marched in the Johnston told the crowd that "being a parade. W.C. Westlake, Deputy Com- policeman or prison employee is one of missioner, Security and Terry Kelly, the most dangerous professions in the Director, Preventive Security, repre- world. They are the real heroes. And sented CCS. the opportunity of getting hurt or killed After the ceremony, Ottawa Police is much greater than anywhere else. Chief, Tom Welsh said the service was We hope this will be an annual mem- not a lobby for capital punishment. "We George Fife orial, but we also hope we won't have just wanted to participate in a memorial any more names on our list." service for those who died on duty." A major progress report on the imple- mentation of the 65 recommendations CCS EMPLOYEES KILLED ON DUTY SINCE 1973 in the Parliamentary Subcommittee Report, similar to those tabled by the Atlantic: none Solicitor General November 1977 and March 1978, has been prepared by Quebec: Georges Nadeau 8/4/75 George Fife, Coordinator, Implementa- 4 Instructor, Cowansville tion of the Parliamentary Subcom- Paul Gosselin 27/6/75 mittee Report on the Penitentiary Sys- Penitentiary Correctional Officer, Archambault tem. It will be presented to the Standing System Michel Roy 7/2/78 Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in .nada Director, Archambault early in the fall session at which time it Guy Fournier 11/7/78 will be made public and distributed to all Senior Correctional Officer, Laval interested staff. — A refresher training program of five To bring staff up to date on the days per year has been instituted for Ontario: none since 1948 progress made on the recommenda- all CX staff, and the probation tions, here is a mini-report including period for new recruits has been Prairies: Stanley Green 22/7/74 some background and a brief summary extended to ensure the best selec- Instructor, Stony Mountain of the 22 recommendations already tion. implemented. — Emergency response teams have 11/6/75 Pacific: Mary Steinhauser Statutory changes involving expand- been developed in each region. Classification Officer, B.C. Pen. ing alternatives to incarceration and the — National adjustment centres or spe- R.W. Eddy, CX-04 6/6/75 creation of a federal ombudsman have cial units for dangerous offenders Regional Psychiatric Centre, Abbotsford. Died of a heart attack after been introduced in the House of Com- have been established in the Que- struggling with a patient — accidental death but in line of duty mons, and an amendment to the Parole bec and Ontario regions. Act clarifying the method of computing — A new earned remission system was sentence lengths was given royal assent proclaimed law on July 1, 1978. on April 12, 1978. New procedural — A study on education programs for safeguards for parole hearings were inmates is being conducted in con- What They Said • • • proclaimed as law in March 1978. junction with the Ontario Institute Several important changes already for Studies in Education (OISE). introduced in the Correctional Service — Inmate committees have been esta- The Judge and the Juueniles include: blished in all but one institution. A Montreal juvenile court judge had this your energy, your talents, so that no — The post of Inspector General has Major initiatives dealing with the to say to kids from good homes who one will be at war, in poverty, or sick or been created and staffed. expansion of work programs are also wind up in trouble (parents take note): lonely again. — Independent chairmen have been underway. These establish work as a "Always we hear the plaintive cry of the In plain, simple words: Grow up. Quit appointed to hear serious discipli- required core activity of correctional teenager: 'What can we do? Where can being a cry baby. Develop a backbone, nary cases in maximum security programs. The definition of "work" go?' The answer is clear: Go home. not a wish bone. You are supposed to institutions and a pilot project in- includes industrial activity, mainte- Hang the storm windows, paint the be mature enough to accept some of mate conflict resolution procedure nance, construction, academic and vo- woodwork, rake the leaves, mow the the responsibilities your parents have has been instituted at Saskatche- cational training, and skilled hobby lawn, wash the car, cook the dinner, carried for years. They have nursed, wan Penitentiary. crafts organized as businesses. The scrub the floors, build a boat, get a job. protected, helped, appealed, begged, — A "no deals" policy, with respect to objective is to achieve a work week that Help The Red Cross, the Salvation excused, tolerated and denied them- hostage-taking, has been imple- is commensurate with practice in the Army. Visit the sick, assist the poor, selves so you could have every benefit. mented. community. Only inmates who work study your lessons, read a book. You have no right to expect them to — A Code of Conduct for staff has can gain full pay, remission and pri- Your parents do not owe you enter- bow to your every whim and fancy. been defined after consultation with vileges. The goal is complete imple- tainment. Your community does not In heaven's name, grow up." the Public Service Alliance Corn- mentation of the Subcommittee recom- owe you recreational facilities. The — excerpt from Geoff Johnson's mission. Staff have been briefed on mendations with respect to inmate world does not owe you a living. You column, The Citizen, Ottawa, it and supervisors are being trained employment. owe the world something — your time, Sept. 18, 1978. in its application. (continued) ■ or. M.

>Progress Report continued from page 1. Police Chiefs' Association Receives While progress has been substantial, programs, federal-provincial agree- implementation is an ongoing process. ments, or legislation. Grant of $50,000 for Research Some recommendations are of a longer The following recommendations of term nature requiring further research, the Parliamentary Subcommittee Re- Solicitor-General Jean-Jacques Biais police chiefs aimed at more effective acquisition or construction of new port on the Penitentiary System, have presented a check for $50,000 to the and economical law enforcement. facilities, development of major training been fully implemented. Canadian Association of Chiefs of The CACP, formed in 1905, has met Police (CACP) at their recent annual annually to bring the concerns of the Recommendation 10 meeting in Ottawa. police community in the area of law - Nie Extend the probationary period for new recruits. Implemented enforcement to the attention of the Recommendation 12 . The Ministry of the Solicitor General Use of international staff exchanges Implemented has supported the CACP with an government. Most police chiefs in Can- Recommendation 13 • annual grant of $50,000 since 1974. The ada are members. Through an office in Staff should havé dual responsibility for programs and security matters. Implemented grant enables the CACP to extend its Ottawa, the association gives advice on Recommendation 14 activities, particularly in the field of the development and implementation Staff and inmates to wear identification tags. Implemented research. In recent years an effective of the law and also recommends and Recommendation 15 working relationship has been estab- supports changes in the criminal justice No deal rule for hostage takings. Implemented lished between the Ministry and the system. Recommendation 16 Establish Emergency Response Teams. Implemented Recommendation 17 Implemented as Employ females as CX officers. pilot project Recommendation 19 Completion of post analysis. Implemented Recommendation 23 Security is to be controlled at NHQ. Implemented Recommendation 25 Service must be open and accountable to the public. Implemented Recommendation 28 Inspector General must be appointed. Implemented Recommendation 30 Should Public Appointment of Independent Chairpersons. Implemented Recommendation 31 Establishment of Administrative Segregation Review Bo ards. Implemented Servants Recommendation 32 Gas not to be used as a normal practice. Implemented Recommendation 35 Support TM? Clarify the calculation of sentences. Implemented Recommendation 36 A new inmate grievance procedure. Implemented as a pilot project In May/June Let's Talk, we printed an article, Public Servants Support Recommendation 38 Transcendental Meditation, describing effects claimed by TM and some Inmate Committees in all institutions. Implemented from CCS staff. Rev. David K. Andrews, R.C. Chaplain, Drumheller (Exception B.C. Penitentiary where inmates do not want one) opinions Recommendation 48 Institution, Alberta, wrote to tell us he disagreed strongly with the idea of CCS Interested groups should be allowed into institutions. Implemented staff taking up TM. Here's why: Recommendation 51 Controlled epileptics should be allowed in minimum security institutions.Implemented The Transcendental Meditation not been able to find a relationship Recommendtion 56 organization (TM) has tried before to between meditating and such mental Federal Adjustment Centres (Special Handling Units) to be established. Implemented have their religious technique adopted benefits as serenity, alertnèss, enlight- Recommendation 62 CCS to research use of a Board of Governors to select institutional directors by CCS. But they have nothing to give enment, increased creativity, height- Implemented that is not available to both inmates and ened problem-solving , capacity, or Recommendation 64 staff through CCS chaplains. I think relaxation. Review of parole system to lessen arbitrary aspects. Implemented public servants should know the The Christian, especially the prison background and philosophy of TM chaplain, has good reason to be highly before getting involved in it. suspicious of TM. When Maharishi Mahesh Yogi first A TM teacher's handbook, describ- came to North America in the mid-60's, ing Puja, suggests the ceremony puts his movement was called The Spiritual the teacher in touch with spiritual 25 YEAR SERVICE AWARD Regeneration Movement. He preached forces. But the student MUST attend Hindu theology, essentially following this ceremony or he will not receive the the thinking of Shankara, a ninth mantras. Why such rigidity? TM has PRESENTED TO VIC BELL century Hindu philosopher. Mahar- been flexible enough over the past Henry Neufeld, Director of Millhaven Institution, Ontario recently presented ishi's brand of missionary Hinduism decade to make it more acceptable for driver Vic Bell with a well-earned 25 year Service Award. Mr. Bell joined the enjoyed a brief vogue in the late 1960's, secular North America, but Puja Canadian Correctional Service in 1950 as a correctional officer at Kingston then faltered. TM lacked appeal beyond remains, though many Christians have Penitentiary. He transferred to Millhaven Institution in 1971. Congratulations Vic! the alienated members of the counter- attacked it as idolatrous worship. Puja And other regions please note: send us news of staff in your institutions who win culture. Maharishi retired to India. is retained because invocation of Hindu service awards. We'd like to print their names. In the early 1970's, the Yogi re- gods is an integral part of what TM is all appeared with a new name and a new about. approach. The metaphysical thought Yet the promoters of TM maintain behind TM — Shankara Hinduism — their practice has nothing to do with was relabelled The Science of Creative religion. It is secular, they say, because New Induction Program for Intelligence. Many of the explicit Hindu people of all faiths are welcome to concepts were removed or rephrased attend. A Catholic priest might claim, CX's Nears Completion in "scientific" terminology. Thus just as plausibly, that the Mass has TM'ers no longer talk about Brahman, nothing to do with religion because A standardized induction training pro- he could be considered competent. but the Field of Consciousness; or The anyone is welcome to attend. gram for security and living unit recruits Experienced managers validated the Principle of the Second Element which CCS staff and immates can get the will be complete by the end of the year, requirements, made modifications and seems to be nothing more than positive same help regarding prayer and according to Rick Blake, HQ Staff reached a consensus on performance thinking. It represents a restatement of meditation from their chaplains (and it Training. The new program represents necessary for successful recruits. the Maharishi's earlier teaching that doesn't cost $150.). Many inmates look "many months of hard work by many Three teams of correctional staff there is no such thing as objective evil, upon Chapel programs as being only people throughout CCS." college instructors, training specialists that man creates his own problems and for weaklings or as a tool of society to The method used to develop the and living unit specialists are now going has the capacity within himself to solve brainwash them. If they were acquaint- program is based on a competency full speed ahead on the development of them. This is classic Hindu belief. ed with the religious background and approach to training, said Blake. In training packages which will explain Does this quasi-scientific termin- philosophy of TM, they would steer June 1976, a group of experienced learning objectives and methods of ology represent a deliberate effort to clear of it too. correctional officers got together to evaluation for all COF and LUF tasks. hide the true Hindu nature of TM? At Finally, Christians and especially define competencies required to per- A pilot induction program, using the the very least, it is a clever and highly prison chaplains, should approach TM form their jobs. Each competency was new methods, will be held in two successful effort to sell an alien product with extreme skepticism. An objective expressed in terms of a number of regions early in 1979. The three project to a North American market. look shows TM to be a Hindu practice, individual task statements. Over 180 teams will visit staff college instructors The few independent studies of TM marketed with a combination of tasks were pinpointed and divided into and institutional training officers over have included some "surprising" (for exaggeration and guile. To buy the 10 distinct sectors of activity. A similar the next three months for advice and CCS make that "alarming") findings. package without looking at the facts, group of living unit officers met to technical assistance. One team of psychologists found reveals much about our credibility in outline a series of competencies re- More information on the program anxious or disturbed persons (most the mid-1970's. quired to perform their jobs. The job can be obtained from Madeleine Sam- inmates are in this group) often had profiles were then validated by a larger son or Rick Blake, HQ Staff Training; frightening experiences in meditation. cross-section of each occupational Dawn Quinlan, Correctional Staff Col- Psychologist Gary E. Schwartz warned group and by a group of CCSmanagers. lege (CSC), Edmonton (Prairies/Pacific that people with emotional problems Early in 1978, correctional and living team coordinator); Barrie Friel, CSC could aggrevate their condition by unit officers and training specialists Ontario (Ontario/Atlantic team coor- meditating for long periods. Schwartz determined what specific knowledge, dinator); Denis Barbe, CSC Quebec also discovered veteran meditators are attitudes and physical skills a recruit (Quebec team coordinator). in some ways less creative than people would need to master each task before who do not meditate. Scientists have New Facilities for the Prairie Region Three Vol. 3 No. 11 November 15, 1978 Solicitor General Jean-Jacques Biais officially opened Edmonton Maximum Security Institution, Scarboro Community Correctional Centre and Lethbridge Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Canadian Penitentiary and National Sub-District Parole Office September 5 and 6 in a whirlwind, two-day, three-city Parole Services, published by Public Affairs Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue tour of Alberta. "These new facilities will provide a real impetus to prairie West, Ottawa, Ontario KlA 0P9 Editor: Helen Gooderham operations," said Robert Diguer, Deputy Commissioner, Operations. Photo- graphed above left to right, are Dr. Ben Van Den Assem, Director of Edmonton Your contributions are welcomed — send them to your Regional Public Institition; Solicitor General Jean-Jacques Biais, Commissioner of Corrections, Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor of Let's Talk. Donald Yeomans and Ken Campbell, Assistant Director, Technical Services.

$15.2 million, 14 acres, 192 beds, comprehensive industrial program — First Maximum Institution in Alberta "Edmonton Institution features the accept a change in the future to keep The Industrial Division at Edmonton school boards, parks, museums. latest concepts in training programs for non-violent offenders out of the Institution is supplied with the latest in Social Development Division offers a inmates, modern plant design and prisons. He noted that about 40 per- power machinery, hand tools and wide variety of programs, resources competent, dedicated staff," said the cent of inmates were incarcerated for equipment associated with any modern and activities to help offenders develop Solicitor General. "Unique work and non-violent crimes. "I think society has factory complex. This includes produc- self-awareness and self-direction. rehabilitation programs should help to begin asking, is a prison sentence an tion lines for fabrication, finishing, as- There will be an inmate committee of reduce Canada's penitentiary popula- appropriate solution?" sembly, packaging and warehousing of elected representatives of the inmate tion and make it easier for offenders to products from the raw material stage to population to provide suggestions and be more readily accepted when they delivery of the finished product. In- recommendations to the director. •••■ return to society." mates can obtain training, on-the-job There will also be an Edmonton Citi- Commissioner of Corrections, experience, and, as applicable, appren- zens' Advisory Committee of 10 mem- Donald Yeomans, pointed out that ticeship credits to a number of Indus- bers chaired by Father W. Irwin, reflect- Edmonton is the first major maximum trial shop settings. This program aims ing a cross-section of the community. institution to be built in Western Can- to prepare the offender to cope with There is an Ecumenical Chapel and ada in this century. It is situated on 14 private industry on his release. It will modern classroom facilities to provide acres, about 11 km northeast of Ed- provide marketable products to offset basic upgrading programs. The Health monton. "Edmonton will provide better institutional costs. These will be mar- Care Centre program includes medical, protection for the public and better keted only to tax-supported and chari- surgical, psychiatric, dental and nursing accommodation for the offender. In table agencies such as federal, services and is open on a 24-hour basis. design, size and program content, it provincial and municipal governments, implements several key recommenda- tions of the Parliamentary Subcom- mittee on Penitentiaries. One of the Scarboro Centre in Calgary most important is constructive, dis- Jim Phelps, Regional Director Gen- Scarboro Community Correctional ciplined, occupational programs." Prairies, said Edmonton Institution eral, Centre is the type of facility "that will relieve overcrowding at Saskatche- should be duplicated throughout the wan Penitentiary and will permit Al- Correctional Service," said Solicitor berta inmates to remain in their own General Jean-Jacques Biais at the province, close to their families. Ed- official opening. The Solicitor General's monton Institution is also located in one appearance marked the second stop in of Canada's largest cities, giving the his three-city tour of new correctional institution access to professional, tech- centres in Alberta. Mr. Biais pointed nical and cultural resources, and staff out that the new centre is part of a trend essential to effective operation. to effective and less costly alternatives The security system is the most to incarceration. advanced in Canada. Internally, dyna- Scarboro Centre also represents an mic security is maintained through important step forward in helping the close supervision of inmates under the offender re-establish himself in society. Living Unit Program. Traditional peri- It will house day parolees from Drum- meter security, provided by towers Inmates, who began entering Ed- and heller and other nearby institutions in inmates are employed at various jobs in control posts, is augmented by a so- monton in October, will put in a mini- Alberta. the community. Individual counselling phisticated system of electronic detec- mum 35-hour work week. Under the The old Scarboro Centre was through professional social service tion devices to alert new system, offenders can earn remis- staff if an inmate is opened in spring 1972, but because of agencies in the community is provided. sion, and they will have to work for it," approaching the perimeter fence. the increasing number of residents, the Average length of stay in the centre said the Commissioner. "When I first move to larger accommodation be- varies from four to six months. started visiting institutions, I was dis- came necessary. Bed capacity has been Pat Scriven was Acting Director at turbed to see so many inmates sitting increased from 14 to 31. the time of the opening. A permanent around doing nothing — it's boring and There is 24-hour supervision and director has not yet been announced. difficult for them, and most inmates don't have a record of good working habits. Steady work should inculcate a Lethbridge Parole Office better attitude when inmates re-enter society and they can also learn a useful Parole and other programs to rehabili- parole screening process," said Mr. trade." tate offenders make life easier for Biais. The new two-person parole office "Industrial work facilities are also Canadian communities, Solicitor Gen- will provide better supervision and planned for older institutions where eral Jean-Jacques Biais said at the service for the offender who has met they don't already exist," the Com- opening of the parole sub-district office the strict criteria for parole and will also missioner said. He asked his audience in Lethbridge, September 5. "Very few work toward closer cooperation be- to speculate on whether society would unsuitable inmates slip through the tween the police and the community.

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" Standards A Challenge for Corrections" "As you well know, a fundamental concern of my administration is the advancement of human rights. The standards you have set in the corrections area are compatible with those drafted by the United States Department of Justice. 1 wekome this opportunity to applaud your leadership role in advancing human rights in our own country for the offenders entrusted to your care by the courts and for the men and women who must supervise those offenders." — Jimmy Carter The White House Washington, August 16, 1978. With these words the President of the United States sent his welcome to 2,700 delegates attending the American Correction Association's 108th Con- gress of Corrections in Portland, Ore- EDMONTON'S DIRECTOR gon, August 20-24, adding his concern Edmonton Institution's director is for this year's theme, "Standards and Dr. Ben Van Den Assem. He took his BA Public Policy — The Challenge for in Social Sciences and Psychology from Corrections." Sir George Williams University in Of 7,294 American Correction Asso- Montreal, his MA in Social Work from ciation members, 127 are Canadians, the University of Calgary and his PhD in and a large Canuck contingent was on Social Studies from the University of hand for the conference. They joined Hull in England. Dr. Van Den Assem with Commissioner of Corrections started with the Parole Service in 1970 Donald Yeomans in extending Cana- as a parole officer and was a classi- dian hospitality to over 300 invited At Canada Night, left to right, Deputy Commissioner and Mrs. John Braithwaite, John Duggan, Executive Director, Institutions, Ontario Ministry of Correctiona/ Services; Commissioner of fication officer at Warkworth Institu- guests attending "Canada Night," a Corrections and Mrs. Yeomans; and Constable Jim Banford, Toronto Police Pipe Band. tion, Ontario; Assistant Director, So- reception co-sponsored by the Govern- cialization at Drumheller Institution, ment of Canada and the Province of Alberta and Acting Director, Grierson Ontario. tions, Adult Local Detention Facilities, A panel of women involved in staff Centre, Edmonton. In July, 1977 he The development of standards and Juvenile Community Residential Ser- training for the state of Illinois outlined became director of Edmonton In- accreditation for correctional services vices and Juvenile Probation and After- experiences and concerns of female stitution. has been a three-decade project of the care Services. employees in a prison setting. At pres- American Correction Association Atlantic region, CCS, will be field ent in Illinois, 32 percent of females in (ACA). Historically there has been testing ACA siandards this winter in a corrections are in a security setting and Research much Canadian input and Deputy pilot evaluation in institutions, com- this poses special problems. Commissioner John Braithwaite has munity correctional centres and parole Male staff are not always quick to Solicitor General Jean-Jacques Biais served on the Standards Committee as field services. accept women as peers. Female staff announced October 10 the signing of a member for several years. A Com- Out-going ACA President William D. are sometimes challenged with such two research contracts with the Univer- mission on Accreditation for Correc- Leeke talked of the changing role for statements as, "I wouldn't let my wife sity of Montreal, one to examine the tions was established in 1974. Its pri- women in corrections. "Women have a take a man's job" or "no nice girl would effects of arrest, charge and sentence of mary goal is the application of national very real contribution to make in the work here." To be recognized and persons, and the other for a major standards to correctional services. field of corrections," he said. "Too often treated as equals, women must not be review of crime prevention policies and Manuals of standards have now been in the past they have been an over- relegated to soft jobs or have to be programs. developed for Adult Parole Authorities, looked and under-utilized resource. escorted around the prison by male The first project,a three-year Adult Probation and Parole Field This must change. It is up to all of us to counterparts. $130,580 study under the direction of Services, Adult Correctional Institu- see that it does." criminologist, Professor Pierre Landre- ville, will compile existing information on the nature and extent of the social costs which result from contact with the criminal justice system for the At West Coast Shoot,East Coast Team Wins! offender, the offender's family and society at large. This project is an integral part of the Ministry's policy to find just and humane alternatives to incarceration. The second project, a $40,000 study under the direction of Dr. André Nor- mandeau, Director of the University of Montreal Department of Criminology, will take advantage of information al- ready gathered on the relationship between crime and such factors as poverty, education, employment and family structure. This study will com- plement work already undertaken in the area of crime prevention. 11111111■B■1111■1

M.O. Smith Dies 1978 National Weapons Competition Champs, l-r, Ralph Hollis, National Coordinator Reg Shier who in real life is Atlantic; Jim Bartsch, Prairies; Jim Te ichgrab, Pacific; Jack Stone, AD/Security Training, Staff College, Ontario. Malcolm (Mo) Osborne Smith, Special Atlantic. Projects Officer, Ontario Regional The Pacific Region of CCS was host to Individual honors went to the high for making the National Weapons Headquarters, Kingston, died Septem- 20 of the Service's finest marksmen scorers in four categories. Jack Stone Competition "a truly national show- ber 1 while on his way to work. Much who competed in the fifth annual from the Atlantic region emerged on case." respected and well known across the National Weapons Competition, Sep- top in the rifle competition, non- James Murphy, Regional Director regions, Mr. Smith will be missed by his tember 13 and 14 at the Abbotsford security category, scoring 386 out of a General, Pacific region, welcomed many friends in the Service. Fish and Game Club, near Vancouver. possible 400. The non-security revolver competitors, officials and guests, invit- After serving in the army from 1939 The Atlantic, Prairie, Quebec and trophy went to the Prairies region when ing them to "sample our traditional to 1945, he joined the Correctional Ontario regions sent their regional Jim Bartsch rose to the occasion western hospitality." He hoped the Service in 1949 as a guard at Collins Bay finalists to challenge British Columbia's scoring 578 out of a possible 600. This finalists would use the occasion to "not Institution, Ontario. Before he left in crack team. Range officials represented was 36 points higher than the score he only challenge in a competitive fashion 1961, Mr. Smith had been drafting each region, headed by National Co- posted in winning his regional champ- colleagues from across this country, instructor and a classification officer. ordinator Reg Shier, Assistant Direc- ionship. but also demonstrate their expertise He spent two years at Frontenac tor of Security Training for the Correc- The security revolver award went to and proficiency. Institution, Ontario, as a classification tional Staff College in Ontario. A num- Ralph Hollis from the Atlantic region. officer and from 1963 to 1965 he was at ber of wives also made the journey and His 562 was just 8 higher than that of Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario, in the as a sidelight, were provided escorted runner-up Bob Camp who "shoots out same position. tours of the area, courtesy of the wives of'the Regional Psychiatric Centre in In 1965 he went to B.C. Penitentiary of Pacific region staff. Abbotsford. Me- as Assistant Deputy Warden and in Finding the west coast shooting The Pacific region grabbed a piece of 1969 he came back east again to be conditions to their liking, the east coast the silver when Mountain Institution's Deputy Warden at Dorchester Peniten- Atlantic team amassed the highest Jim Teichgrab conquered his formid- tiary. He was transferred to Ottawa in aggregate score and were awarded the able foes in the security rifle category 1973 to the Special Assignment Pro- T.W. Hall Trophy as the 1978 champs. with a score of 383. gram and was there four years until he Thomas Watson Hall, a career cor- Commissioner of Corrections, was assigned to Ontario Regional rections employee who retired as re- Donald Yeomans, in a message to the Headquarters in Kingston as Special gional director in 1972, presented the competitors, extended his congratula- Projects Officer until his death. He is award to Keith McLeod, the team's tions to this year's participants and also Jack Stone, Atlantic winner and the survived by his wife and two daughters. mentor and regional coordinator. commended the organizers of the event new AR-15. AIP o'LlSiew Cage Management 1 97' \ Divisi on Off and Running

don Pi er, Director of the newly interested in what he terms fancy research U Seilffletase anagement Division, Inmate — only more relevant operational measure- üffender Bra ch, told Let's Talk he sees ment tools. "Lack of an evaluation capacity n goals for the new division. First is we want to has let us down in the past and «Oh a revised case management process that find an objective and immediate means of follows an offender from hi s entrance into evaluation." the federal system right through to the time Pinder wants to deal with concrete facts he completes parole or mandatory super- and figures, a more practical approach in vision. Second, a completely operative relation to the real outputs of the system. He integration of CPS/NPS into the new Cor- wants to measure the degree "we actually rectional Service of Canada, and third, a do what we say we do;" he wants recidivism higher quality, more streamlined service rates meaningfully defined ("everyone has delivery process. statistics and everyone has a different The mandate of the new division is to version"). He wants specific information on cascade inmates down through the system the "actual progress being made." Some of from maximum to medium to minimum and our most successful cases, he says, are day parole as fast as is feasible, based on statistical failures. For example, the slow inmate performance and the minimal risk to progress of an offender from a frequent society. violent criminal profile can in fact be a Pinder, formerly director of Joyceville success statistic — if you consider the uphill Institution and Regional Director Parole struggle of the inmate toward social re- Vol. 3 No. 14 December 30, 1978 Services, Ontario, took over his new duties integration. September 11. He sees his job as a challenge Pinder also emphasized he would not be Let's Talk is a tabloid for staff of the Correctional Service of Canada, published to identify ways and means of "doing more, undertaking this task alone. Although head- t ice a month by the Communications Branch, 340 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, doing it better and doing it more efficiently" quarters staff will provide leadership, direc- Ontario lA 0P9, tel: 593-7501. Send your contributions to your Regional Public since his division has been reduced from 28 tion and support, he is counting on Affairs Administrator, and in Ottawa to the editor, Helen Gooderham. to 14 positions. constant interaction with case management His staff includes: Serge Boudreau, staff in the regions and operational units. Special Projects Investigative O fficer; Jim Pinder took his B.A. in Psychology and Siberry, Chief, Policy and Procedures; Political Science at Carleton University, Fraser McVie, Chief, Case Management Ottawa, and joined the Correctional Service Evaluation; Robert E. Watkins, Chief, as a classification officer at Kingston Peni- Psychological Services; Fernand Du- tentiary in 1967. He went on to Warkworth, maine, Coordinator, Institutiona- I Process; was a parole officer in Sudbury and an NPS Pat Carey, Chief, Sentence Administra- district director by 1970. Then he was back tion; Peter Fisher, Coordinator, Com- at Warkworth as Assistant Director, Social- munity Case Management; Yvonne Latta, ization, had the same job at Millhaven, and Coordinator, Case Management Evalua- after serving as Executive Secretary to the tion, Community Process; and Frank Steel, Task Force on Integration he was appointed Coordinator, Institutional Case Manage- Regional Director Ontario, NPS in Decem- ment. ber 1974. In 1977 he became Regional Talking about case management evalua- Implementation Coordinator, Ontario and tion processes, Pinder says he wants to break the next year he went to Joyceville as new ground and find out "exactly how we Director. measure up to our objectives." He is not

Pine Camp, B.C. - A Correctional Challenge That Turns Day Parolees Into Lumberjacks Canada's forestry industry is in trouble — chance to put their skills to work. Today a and the Correctional Service of Canada is forestry worker must know a lot more than offering assistance through a voluntary how to swing an axe or which side of a falling inmate labor program to help meet the tree to stand on. challenge of preserving our natural re- Through classroom and field instruction, sources through intensive forestry manage- B.C. inmates are trained in the safe use and ment. maintenance of forestry tools, learn the Commissioner Donald R. Yeomans basics of tree planting, thinning and culti- expressed his satisfaction with the Pitt Lake vating — and for individuals who don't know Pine Camp program. It began two years which side of a falling tree to stand on, a ago in collaboration with the B.C. Forest course in first aid is offered. Service which trains and employs 20 day This trained inmate work force means a parolees. "Not only are we providing a lot to the forest industry and has real Our camera catches some of the Case Management Team at work: left to right, Serge reliable team of men willing to learn and do benefits for society as a whole. Persons who Boudreau, Gordon Pinder (with the cigar), Frazer MacVie and Yvonne Latta. the job," said the Commissioner, "but we otherwise would be in an institution are also provide inmates with the opportunity to utilizing their potential as a manpower develop marketable skills." He stressed that resource by working in a natural setting at the program helps cut correctional costs pay scales in line with their abilities. Inmates A Unique New Human Relations Course . . . since the inmates might otherwise be in a pay room and board, support families who controlled institutional environment at the otherwise might be on welfare and build a re- taxpayer's expense. establishment fund for their eventual release. Canada's Minister of the Environment, Project "L" for Leclerc the Honourable Len Marchand, has pre- dicted that without intensive forestry Project "L" Leclerc is a unique new training "The 17 officers were organized into four management "Canada could run out of project for living unit officers designed by teams supervised by three consultants and wood in 20 or 30 years." Across Canada Julien Ringuette, Head of Living Units at myself," continued Ringuette. "In six months serious timber supply problems are emerg- Leclerc Medium Security Institution, Que- of training, participants will spend only ing in an industry that directly or indirectly bec, since last August. Ringuette is a spe- two weeks outside the institution. All the provides jobs for nearly one million Cana- cialist in group dynamics and a former living rest of the training will be on-the-job." dians. Historically the industry has relied on unit counsellor. The course is given by the Training natural regeneration to reforest logged or What is Project "L" Let's Talk asked Section of the Correctional Staff College, of burned areas, but today the trend is to Ringuette. "The course is a six month which Louis Garceau is Chief. restock cleared forest land. Man-controlled e training plan for 17 living unit officers, densities can increase yields by up to 100% Gerry Bradley, Camp Supervisor chosen by committee out of 49. The compared to wild stands. program has three goals: to provide very Solicitor General Jean-Jacques Biais, Money is a great motivator judging from specialized technical training — defence from a lumbering area in northern Ontario, the experience of the men at Pitt Lake Pine mechanisms, feedback techniques. The has a special interest in forestry projects: He Camp. Working with the B.C. Forest second is training in professionalism — how is looking at the principle of using inmate Service, Pine Camp employs 20 day pa- to make observation reports, how to con- labor to reforest trees and create irrigation rolees. The crew has been working so duct a case study meeting. Third is personal projects where lumber crops need to be effectively at its job of thinning and development training which teaches officers increased. spacing trees that a civilian crew responsible to identify their own style and assess the Program to employ inmates for mapping out the acreage to be cut has impact of their actions on the living unit A coordinated forestry program to train had to work overtime in order to stay ahead. situation. and employ inmates in British Columbia has The real rewards come when an inmate is Why was such a project needed? "I found been in effect for some years. There is a eventually released. His marketable skills officers were much more eager to receive similar program at Shulie Lake, Nova give him an opportunity, maybe for the first training in human relations than in self- Scotia. Inmates and day parolees from time, to compete for well-paying, satisfying defense. They complained they did not have Agassiz, Ferndale and Elbow Lake, all jobs. A chance for a meaningful "straight enough techniques to manage interviews or minimum security B.C. institutions, learn life" provides him with the motivation to stay group meetings with inmates," said Ring- wood harvesting basics, then are given the out. uette. Project "L" continued- — The 17 officers who complete the training New Directions in Sentencing will be considered resource persons ànd will- Many argue the criminal justice system is work with newcomers, giving their col- not always just and seldom a system. To leagues on-the-job training from the infor- stimulate discussion and raise issues, the mation they have received." College of Law, University of Saskatche- "The aim of Project 'L.'," continued wan, will host an international conference, Ringuette, "is very clear: to tr4in 17 officers "New Directions in Sentencing," May 17 who could be considered comffiandos ready and 18 at the Bessborough Hotel in Saska- for any kind of situation which may arise toon. Registration fee: $125. Reservations: including such emergencies as hostage- College of Law, University of ■■ teis,,c; M.P. Sarich, ! . taking and inmate rebellions. After six . Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N OWO. Tel: bE months they should have all the techniques 343-4639. necessary to confront this sort of situation. e HAPPe What's more, after training, officers should --D no longer experience conflict between the "Unfortunately not every living unit of- aims of static security and resocialization. ficer will be able to receive this sophisti- They should have a very clear idea of cated training," said Ringuette, but all living dynamic security as opposed to static unit officers will receive five days of training security." annually on human relations and they will "Project "L" will continue until April, 1979 also have five days a year when they will be when there will be a very carefully struc- trained in feedback techniques, methods for tured evaluation of the training, said Ring- leading small groups, conducting meetings. uette.

Parrtown Correctional Centre Has A New Director

touch, and then problems can occur, but mostly it flows smoothly." Her future objectives, she says, are to fill the Centre to bed capacity (which is 18, there are presently 11 residents), to further develop employment projects — one is operating now — and to further assess and assist residents returning to the community Bill Nelson Leaves for the office of the Auditor General — for example, having two or three pre- mandatory supervision cases who are high Smiling as he receives a handshake and a Mr. Nelson has now taken up his new risk and could benefit from the Centre's totem pole as a gift from the Commissioner, post as Assistant Auditor General. Pre- structure. Bill Nelson, former Deputy Commissioner, viously he was on assignment for a year at How did Alix come to be worrying about Planning and Implementation Branch, was the office of the Auditor General. Before offenders and their future? She started out honored at a farewell party recently in the that he was with CSC as Deputy Commis- as a summer student working at RHQ Commissioner's boardroom. sioner for the Industrial Task Force. Pacific doing research on the fitness of Father Barry Retires "The Centre tries to provide some struc- security officers. At Queen's University in ture for residents returning to the commu- Kingston she received her B. Ed. in German Eighty family friends, personal friends and nity. It is one of the most difficult periods and Physical Education, then took her BA associates gathered on October 12 to pay because the men still have rules, regulations from Carleton University, Ottawa. tribute to Father Jim Barry, Regional and restrictions and yet freedom to function But the challenge of corrections still Chaplain — Pacific, on his retirement from as they choose with family, friends and interested her and she got involved in com- CSC after 29 years of service. For a quarter work," said Alix Jenkins, Director of Parr- munity work at the Prison for Women which of a century Father Barry was Roman town Community Correctional Centre, just happened to be across the street from Catholic chaplain of B.C. Penitentiary prior - Saint John, New Brunswick, since July '78. Queen's University. "I quickly decided this to his appointment as Regional Chaplain in "This in-between stage can be both was the career I wanted to pursue." April, 1975. helpful and frustrating for offenders not Working in corrections, she says, is a job Guest speaker for the occasion was quite ready to handle it on their own. That's with constant challenges and problem- Chaplain General John Nickels. A cross where our job comes in," said Ms. Jenkins. solving. You have to be mediator, poli- between Georgie Jessel and Henny Young. "We hope we can prevent any fu rt her tician, diplomat and manipulator. "It's a job man (sans violin), he regaled the audience presented to him. "Those of us who have development of serious problems — crim- that teaches you quickly who you are and with his routine, but was serious for long had the privilege of taking your money at inal activity, family fights — by intervening how to deal with it. It takes alot from you — enough to say "Father Barry always kept his golf, hope you will not spend all your time at before the situation arises. It's a type of but gives you alot in return." humility while providing a ministry peppered the race track." preventive medicine. Before taking her job as Director, Ms. with down-to-earth common sense." Father Barry said that more important There is little we can do after a serious Jenkins was Head, Social Development at Regional Director General James Mur- than the dinner, gift and kind words was incident, so we try to work together, Mountain Institution, Agassiz, B.C. for phy had some words of advice for Father their friendship which he will never forget. keeping an honest, open and straight for- three years. She came originally from Barry on how to make use of a gift of $400 ward atmosphere." One-to-one counselling, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island so the group meetings, recreation and games with Maritimes is home. The Parrtown Centre both staff and residents, are found to be opened in 1972 and is one of three day- helpful also. "We believe the Centre must parole centres in the Maritimes. It employs operate with all of us involved and sharing six counsellors and a senior counsellor in the responsibility. Sometimes we lose addition to a director.

Staff Training in Quebec

Interested in training? Please take note. corrections. Garceau expects between 150 Regional Training and Development Ser- and 200 applications will be received for vices is implementing several programs of next year's course. interest to Quebec staff. To find out what's Garceau's team, with the help of Daniel happening, particularly in the Quebec Richer, Regional Co-ordinator of Living administrative region, Let's Talk spoke with Units, Denis Desjardins, Chief, Living Louis Garceau, Regional Head of Training Units at the Federal Training Centre, and and Development. Arthur Fauteux, Chief, Classification at Goodbye Guy . . . During 1977-78, various courses were Cowansville Institution, has come to an Bill Chitty, Regional Director, Inmate between the media and the institutions. He offered by Garceau and his team of some agreement with the Quebec Department of Programs, presents a gift to Guy Ver- was on the Millhaven Committee and fifty members: for example, a course for Justice to develop a course on corrections reault, outgoing Regional Public Affairs initiated a radio program, CSC Informs, supervisors on the performance appraisal techniques to be offered in all the CEGEPs Administrator, Ontario, at a farewell party where he interviewed people from all levels system which drew an enrolment of 300. For in the province. This course is now being held recently in Kingston. Guy, a very of management as well as inmates. Guy is Living Unit officers, a training session was approved by the Quebec Department of popular and active information officer, now working for Quebecor, in Montreal — arranged dealing with observation reports Education. "The CEGEP in Drummondville opened up new channels of communication we know he'll be a success in his new job. on inmates. There were also courses on the is preparing to offer a corrections program staffing system in the Public Service, inter- as an experiment which should enable Our New Media Man in Ontario view techniques, interpersonal relations, graduates to enter the CSC directly. Then writing skills in French for administrative they would only need a short training period Guy Verreault's act is a hard one to follow, support staff, and the Code of Discipline at the Staff but Dennis Curtis looks like the right man. •Ilm• College," said Garceau. (3,000 employees in the region have already Born and educated near London, England, been briefed in the new Code). Dennis came to Canada in 1957, joining To develop middle managers for senior CSC in 1976 as an Inmate Employment positions, an agreement has been nego- Honored Officer. He is actively involved in all phases tiated with the Ecole nationale de l'ad- Rev. John A. Nickels, CSC Chaplain of the local community theatre. He believes ministration publique (ENAP) to set up a General, has been elected a Fellow in the it's important to inform local residents of the program for future managers. Nineteen College of Fellows of the American Prot- positive aspects of life inside institutions. He people participated in this eight-week ses- estant Correctional Chaplains' Association. likes to point out having an institution in sion to offer a program last October in A well-deserved honor — which reflects your area is not such a bad thing: it boosts correction techniques which will enable 32 Rev. Nickels contribution to the field of employment and money spent in the com- participants to receive a CEGEP diploma in corrections. munity by CSC employees.