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MAR 25 1997 8151-107en , , soLterrain nrA e Report on the People and Progress of the Correctional Service of Canada (Ont)

Long-term reorganization announced Commissioner's announcement promises better way of doing business

C ommissioner of Corrections, John Edwards, announcedJanuary 7th, impending wide-sweeping changes within the Service in-cluding major cuts over a period of several years in the size and responsi-bi litie s of National Headquarters and the 5 Regional Headquarters.

Mr. Edward's an-nouncement follows a report by a specially formed task force which reported to the Executive Committee in December. The task force, composed of 7 senior officials from NHQ, RHQ and op-erational units (Insti-tutions and Districts), was asked as a group to "propose structural options for CSC in-

CSC United Way Campaign in Kingston area collects $51,947 Employees contribute 18% more than last year

Commissioner John Edwards recently announced changes, to take place over a period of up to 5 years, that will significantly change the Correctional Service of Canada.

Plan signais new approach to managing

from the Deputy Commissioner (Ont), Andrew Graham

The recent announcements by the Commissioner, under the title Long-Term Organizational Planning, are intended to signal major directional changes in how the service operates. The entire process, meant to lead to such changes, will be a long-term one, involving as much consultation as possible.

While most will see this as part of the overall cost reduction process that we are now engaged in, it is more. There is no question that we felt that the costs of administering the Service had to be examined. Further, with-out sacrificing our capacity to manage the Service, we were deter-mined to avoid front-end reductions without doing the right thing at the Regional and National offices. However, the changes envisaged in terms of size, structure and role are more far-reaching than simple cuts.

What is involved is major role redefinition at all levels of the organization. Therefore, while certain basic issues about how the national office operates and what it contributes are addressed, so too are the roles and expectations of War-dens and District Directors.

It would be a mistake to simply characterize the reduction in the size of national and regional offices as decentralization. While the vision contained in what the Commissioner has communicated to you ce rtainly emphasizes increased flexibility and the full use of delegated powers, it is built on strong accountability and a single information system to support the Commissioner's accountability to the Minister and Parliament.

I see this direction as consistent with how we have been trying to develop the Region over the past few years. The slow, but steady change

See—Major change, back page

Contents...

3 WAC resignation 4 Racism speech 4 History of CSC 5 JHS conference 7 People on the move 7 Awards, events ...

THE ONTARIO REGION

INSIDE Vol. 12, Janua 1994

The Correctional Service of Canada as pan of the criminal justice system contributes to the protection of society by actively encouraging and assisting offenders to become ifW abiding citizens, while exercising reasonable, sale, secure and humane control.

T HIS YEAR presented one of the greatest challenges the United Way Campaign has experienced in many years. The challenge for the Correctional Service of Canada, as part of the Federal Division, was a goal of $57,000. This was 42.5% over last year's goal of $40,000 or, 29.5% greater than last year's achievement of $44,003. The many can-vassers who volunteered to work on this campaign were initially a little discour-aged since individually, the expectations seemed unattainable. Collectively, how-ever, all of them became committed to see what they could do.

We are pleased to say the campaign went well, thanks to canvassers/co-ordinators and donors in their campaign areas, including Bryan Adams, KP; Vic Clark, PCCC & Parole Supervision; Marie DeYoung, JI; Bob Fisher, RHQ Personnel; Chuck Gowdy, ICP; Marg Grant, BI; Julia Hobson, Correctional Staff College; Linda Hoyle-Beehler, PW; Bruce Jefferson, RHQ/Stone Gables; Christine Love, CBI; Alex Lubimiv, FI; Frances McQueen, PI; Marie Potvin, CORCAN; Elaine Watier, H; Heather Wells, CBI; Diane Seymour, RTC; and Gordon Stewart, RHQ Finance/

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Tech/Informatics. Individually, or in teams, they orga-

nized a large number of fundraisers— baked sweets, hosted euchre parties, held 50/50 and baseball draws, raffled off an Afghan and just kept pulling in the money. Thanks also to Cheryl Risto of WI who sold raffle tickets for us.

A chunk of our success resulted from the donations of local businesses. Almost $3000 came from the sale of tickets on two prizes, a night in the Best Western Fire-side Inn, Kingston, and a night in the Bonnycastle Resort, Alexandria Bay.

The Fireside Inn gift was offered by Thomas Noeremberg and Spencer Brown, owners of the Inn. This prize also included a beautiful basket of specialty snacks com-pliments of Mr. Paul Busk, Cooke's Old World Fine Foods, Kingston, and a bottle of champagne, thanks to Leon Sagriff, distributor for United Distillers. Winner, Terry Grawberger, Health Care Depart-ment, Bath Institution, was pleased to learn that her prize included champagne dinner and champagne breakfast as well.

The other raffle was for a night in a deluxe suite at the Bonnycastle Resort, "Home of the Stars" in Alexandria Bay, New York State. Our thanks to Mr. John Russell, General Manager. Winner, Ch uck Huffman, Storeman at Millhaven Institu-tion, will also enjoy a champagne dinner and champagne breakfast.

The overall campaign was originally scheduled to close November 30th, but

See—United Way, page 3

frastructure". This they did, with their findings

and recommendations being extensively discussed and debated at the December Executive Committee. A plan of action wasunanimously endorsed by that Com-mi ttee.

Also, citing the need to address the national deficit by reducing expendi-tures within the Service, Mr. Edwards announced that a wide variety of issues continue to be examined by the Man-agement, Administration and Opera-tions Review under the leadership of the Senior Deputy Commissioner, Wil-lie Gibbs. Included among these issues are shift scheduling, overtime, use of casuals, staff meals, executive vehicles, and inmate health care, to name but a few.

Mr. Edwards stressed that Union representatives are being kept informed of developments or actively participat-ing in a number of these reviews; that the changes will take place over a num-ber of years, and that all changes will be carried out respecting the principles of the Mission document.

Deputy Commissioner Andrew Graham stressed that the upcoming changes are not to be seen solely as cost-cutting measures or decentraliza-tion, but rather as a massive attack upon the hierarchy of the Service for the purpose of ensuring that it runs better.

Mr. Graham, in an interview shortly alter the Commissioner's announce-ment, stated that he looks forward to a much improved way of doing business, a future in which direct communication between the Commissioner, the War-dens and the Regional Office is greatly increased; a future in which the organi-zation will be "turning over all the time to respond to needs". Mr. Graham further stated that he envisions an orga-nization within the Region that is "not entrenched" but can assign managers and other staff to solve a problem, and once accomplished, can reassign them back to former responsibilities, or move them on to new ones, as the need arises.

More specifically, it is expected that, over a period of up to 5 years, the size of NHQ and the Ontario Regional Headquarters will be reduced by ap-proximately 50%. A large portion of these reductions will be re-allocated to operational units, namely, Institutions and District offices. NHQ and RHQ employees will be surveyed to deter-mine their preferences for the future so that they can, to the extent possible, be accommodated by deployment, reloca-tion, and/or training. There will be a strong clearance system so that vacan-cies are first offered to CSC employees. In the Ontario Region, the Regional Management Committee has assigned Tom Epp to ensure that all staff are interviewed. He will oversee the entire process over the next year.

Increasingly, operational units will

See—Big changes, page 5

A/Assistant Deputy Commissioner (Ont), Tom Epp

INSiDÈ'ÔUT January 1994

Caring community must tend to those affected by crime AlAssistant Deputy Commissioner, Tom Epp, addresses church congregation on Prisoners' Sunday Excerpts from a sermon to the parishioners of St. Thomas Anglican Church, Kingston.

T HE CITY of Kingston and the sur-rounding townships are home to the largest concentration of correc- tional facilities in the world. And yet, most residents, in this the prison capitol of Canada, remain blissfully and abysmally uninformed of the harsh realities which confront both prisoner and correctional worker as they "do time" together.

Moreover, while more Canadians each year become the victims of crime, and despite the increasing numbers of those who have come into conflict with the law, we as a society have yet to come to a complete understanding of all of the fac-tors which lead individuals to violate soci-etal norms in ways which extend from the irritating to the horrific.

Crime is frequently seen as mono-lithic, undifferentiated pestilence; those who commit crime, irrespective of its seri-ousness or of the mitigating circumstances which surround each unlawful act, are of-ten uniformly denounced and written off for all time. As the popular but unproven perception of greater violence in society gains strength, societal attitudes towards the criminal are hardening. Canadians are justifiably becoming increasingly intoler-ant of mistakes made by correctional work-ers which result in further victimization by offenders in the community.

Can there be any question then that understanding the causes of criminal be-haviour, forgiving those who have trans-gressed, and reconciling the offender to and with the community are rapidly giving way to sentiments of outrage and ven-geance?

What then are the key roles of a caring community in tending to those affected by crime? I include in this broad question the victims of the crime itself, the families of offenders, those who work with offenders and the offenders themselves.

May I suggest five roles which I be-lieve are crucial to any attempt at respond-ing with insight and compassion to the ravages of crime.

5 Key Roles

Invest some quality time ...in the search for a sound base of

knowledge about the antecedents and the impacts of criminal behaviour both locally and throughout the land;

Acquire an understanding ...of the many pieces which comprise the criminal justice system;

Take steps to become constructively involved ... with one or more of the groupings of people affected by crime;

Let your voice be heard ...on issues of social justice and crime prevention in society; and

Open your hearts ... to accept the compelling need for recon-ciliation, forgiveness and understanding in the aftermath of criminal acts.

Invest Quality Time Crime and criminals are the shared

responsibility of the wider community in which the police, the courts and the provin-cial and federal correctional systems oper-ate. Crime has its roots in every corner of this land. The vast majority of offenders

who do time, return to their respective communities yet we fail miserably to pro-vide for their return in a manner which manifests a spirit of forgiveness. We ex-pect that good old government will some-how treat, cure or rehabilitate society's failures, and express outrage when the impossible cannot be achieved in the most demonstratively futile of cases.

Simply put, we abdicate our collective responsibility for creating safer communi-ties by failing to recognize and respond to the antecedents or precursors of criminali ty which are constantly around us. In our smugness and self-absorption, we deflect reports of poverty, unemployment, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness and illiteracy as someone else's problem.

Despite spending $7.7 billion on the criminal justice sys-tem in 1990, we are no further along the road to finding the so-lution to fighting crime. Yet we spend a relative pittance on measures focussed on attenuating the pre-conditions from whichcriminal activ-ity is lcnown to spring. In the context just de-scribed, you must be-gin your quest for more information about what brings di-verse Canadians to prison. Without that knowledge, Canadi-ans will continue to react to offenders without any societal con-text. Bast sums will continue to be spent at the wrong end of the crime cycle, the effects will be indifferent and no dramatic break-through will occur. Remember, the only truly effective prison is a virtually empty one.

Acquire understanding Canadians are saddled with perhaps the

most incomprehensible and complicated criminal justice system in the world.

The wisdom of the Fathers of Confed-eration in 1867 starter' it all. They divided jurisdiction between the provinces and the

federal government along the inexplicably arbitrary division of sentence length.

Persons sentenced to two years or more, became the responsibility of the federal au-thorities; those with a shorter sentence were allocated to the provinces. Mental Health became a provincial responsibility as was social services and education. We enjoy the protection of up to four levels of policing depending on where we reside. Coordina-tion among all of these players to assure safe conununities and to promote integration of offenders has become an extremely compli-cated process. When one factors in the expectation that all offenders must be "cured" we begin to see why there is so much anger and frustration being expressed by Canadi-ans at a system that is beyond understanding and appears to be failing in its primary task.

Yet all is not losi The system is indeed working much better than perceived. Incred-ible success stories can still be related of men and women, who, having erred, have now overcome their pasts and returned to society never to stray again.

Your task is to get beyond the myths and urban legends that surround the police and the prisons and to acquire a thorough tinder-

standing of how these institutions operate based on their respective legal or procedural mandates. Remember, these societal institu-tions do not exist nor operate as a whim or caprice.

We, through our ele,cted representatives, set these institutions in place. If they no longer reflect our values, we have both the power and indeed the obligation to reform them. But if uninformed emolion rather than

informed reason serves as the catalyst for our criticism and our clamour for re- form, we resemble more the mob at Pilate's feet rather than free and respon- sible members of a democratic society.

Constructive Involvement

Even with an exhaustive knowl-edge and understand-ing of the system, you will never be able to devote sufficient time to responding to all of the issues along

the crime-punishment-reintegration con-tinuum. You will have to judiciously select one niche, issue or grouping of individuals who have been affected by crime itself.

Many of you are already ministering to the spiritual needs of offenders in area Insti-tutions. Such loving contact from the com-munity is invaluable on two levels. First, it conveys to those serving sentences that they are not alone, that there is hope and that someone cares. Second, this contact can set the stage for a successful re-entry into the community based upon a bond of trust and affection which some offenders experience for the first time in their lives through their

contact with you. But as important as your work with

offenders remains, there are other groupings of people who also deserve and need your love, compassion and understanding. The families of those locked up are frequently in a state of poverty and fragility bordering on dysfunction. Many family members have been victimized themselves. Research re-veals that without our involvement in their lives, many of the children who have been victims of violence will likewise become perpetrators of this same violence in their adult years. The cycle of violence will be unbroken, unless we intervene on various levels: through our schools, through reli-gious institutions, through our political pro-cesses, through the individual acts of kind-ness and love that bind humanity together,

rather than segmenting us on the basis of how many marbles we own.

Victims of crime and their families de-serve our special attention. Communities, not governments, represent more appropri-ate vehicles for bringing succor and comfort to our neighbours who have lost the irre-placeable as the result of a violent act.

Let Your Voice be Heard There will always be a small number of

Canadians for whom incarceration of an in-definite nature will remain the only option. But for a vast majority of Canadian offend-ers, retum to society is a certainty. We collectively retain an obligation to ensure that they remain crime free with opportuni-ties to return as productive and accepted members of our communities.

We retain an even greater obligation to remove from our society the economic, so-cial and educational barriers, among others, which create fundamental inequalities within and throughout our conununities. We have to understand and combat violence particu-larly among men. In effect, we have to totally rethink our collective strategy for reducing the tensions in society for which crime, for some, becomes the only effective remedy. For the sake of our peace of mind and for the salce of our shrinking treasury, we simply have no other option.

Your voice must be heard, not simply to decry conditions in prison or the actions of the Parole Board, but in a loud, clear call for social justice. Your actions as a caring com-munity must also be vigorous. Reaching out to those who are the victims of poverty and the other associated fallout from recession is an important first step. Social action to address illiteracy, substance abuse, and do-mestic violence represent three more attain-able goals for a caring community.

Finally, you must assertively resist the kneejerk calls for a hardening of societal responses to criminal behaviour. These emo-tional, wifocussed rantings are not only un-necessary, based on the numbers, they reflect the worst possible condition in society to-day—the rule of the mob.

These are the NIMBY (not in my back yard) folks, the ones who oppose the opening of group homes, halfway houses, and other outlets which provide much needed reintegrative services to society's failures. They will go to any lengths to protect their narrow self-interests including snuffing out any of the messy democratic niceties such as open debate, dissenting opinion, tolerance and the like. Left to their own devices, these very dangerous people will hijack the social justice agenda, unless you stand up to them. It takes a lot of courage to adopt an unpopular but morally correct stance in a room which approximates a lynch mob. Sometimes, its the only option we have.

Open Your Hearts Finally, it is always easy to turn your

back on those who have transgressed. There but for the grace of God... We need to find the means to reconcile ourselves to the real-ity that crime will occur and that those who commit offences will in most cases, retum to our/their neighbourhoods. Sometimes, the damage caused will be so major or traumatic that we can realistically only expect a level of understanding or acceptance on the basis that the offender has paid his/her debt. It is at times such as this when the caring commu-nity can intervene to take reconciliation as far as it can be taken. Such action is not without its rislcs. Faith has to come into play as a buffer for the uncertainty of risk.

Not blind faith, but informed faith.

'Remember, the only truly effective prison is a virtually empty one'

'Canadians are saddled with perhaps the most incomprehensible and complicated criminal

justice system in the world'

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January 1994

Year of the Dog Advisory Committee on Racial Harmony

By Tai-Yu Ngai, CS, Collins Bay Institution, Trea-surer. 1994 is the Year of the Dog. The Chinese New

Year begins February 10, 1994. On behalf of the Racial Harmony Commit-tee, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year!

People bom in the Year of the Dog are watchful and alert. They excel at safeguardng themselves and others against decline of power and fortune. "Dog people" are intuitive, unselfish and sociable. They give their best to others. If you are romantically involved with someone born in the Year of the Dog, he or she is a good match for you if you were born in the Year of the Rabbit.

Your Animal Sign

Dog people are also strong, clever, decisive, ambitious, have good memory and high attainment in life. However, they may also have a bad temper. If they can control that temper, they will have a prosperous future.

Chinese, in Hong Kong, celebrate their New Year in a very elaborate fash-ion. They eat the best foods and wear their best clothes. The first three days of the New Year are a national holiday. Most of the industries arc closed except, of course, restaurants, movie theaters, and night clubs. People usually con-gratulate each other by saying "Ku hay fat choy", which means "wishing you malce lots of money". Another popular New Year's greeting is "Sun tight kin hong", which is a wish for good health. What more can anyone ask for?

So, in closing, "ku hay fat choy" and "sun tight kin hong" to all of you.

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CORRECTIONS

SUPPORTS

CAREERS 193

This was the theme and logo of the first Career Day for Administrative Sup-port staff in the Ontario Region.

Approximnately 130 staff met Wednesday, December 1st, at the Staff College, to hear and participate in presen-tations on balancing home and career, the Employee Assistance Program, role mod-els in CSC and career related topics such as training initiatives, GE conversion, and career management.

Information kiosks were set up to present such topics as office automation and the current state of informatics in the Service. Job profiles were available to encourage job-swapping or assuming of acting positions within the Service.

A buffet lunch provided the opportu-nity for informal networlcing and informa-tion sharing.

This career day was the kick-off to a Regional Administrative Support Train-ing Strategy which included presenting the Achieve "Working" program, similar to the "Frontline Leadership" program but targeted to non-supervisory staff.

The coordinating committee is cur-rently being set up for a similar event to be held in June, once again at the Staff Col-lege. Stay tuned for more information.

als from facilities in all Regions. Another pivotai impact of the

Women's Advisory Committee was in lob-bying to introduce advisory groups into regional human resources policy-making. The Women's Advisory Committee and the Racial Harmony Committee now sit as active members of the Regional Human Resources Committee and on various sub-groups feeding information to the RHC. The Women's Advisory Committee also sits on the Regional Employment Equity Committee and the Regional Anti-Harass-ment Committee.

I believe our accomplishments are many. I respectfully thank the Deputy Commissioner, Andrew Graham, for guid-ance and, most importantly, in his confi-dence in myself and the Ontario Women's Advisory Committee.

Chuck Huffman (above left), storeman at Millhaven Institution, and Terry Grawberger (above right), Health Care Deptartment, Bath Institution: prize winners in this year's United Way Campaign.

United Way Campaign (cont'd from page 1)

It is with great satisfaction that I re-flect upon the accomplishments of the Women's Advisory Committee during the past two years. However, at reaching the two year mark as Regional Coordinator of the Women's Advisory Committee, I feel this is an appropriate time to resign. I feel in order to maintain the impetus, it is time for a new coordinator to assume leader-ship.

I am proud to say the Advisory Com-mittee is in a very healthy state. The executive of the group is comprised of six very dedicated women committed to sen-sitizing staff and management to women's issues, offering training opportunities to women and advising senior management on topics of mutual concern.

The group itself was sparked by the National Women's Conference, held in November 1991, and sponsored by Assis-tant Commissioner Training and Person-nel, Dyane Dufresne. This was a meaning-ful conference for Corrections in that the resulting recommendations marked a sig-nificant swing in the gender issue aware-ness of men and women working at all levels of the organization.

During my tenure as Regional Coor-dinator, I have made every effort to con-tinue the momentum inspired by the Na-tional Conference. We have m et regularly, every two months, on topics raised by Committee members. Several meetings have been training sessions which have been delivered by CSC staff or local business groups, a sharing of their exper-tise. A sample of these topics include Empowerment and Team Building, Pre-paring for a Competition, Mentoring, Ground Working for Day Care Proposals and Queen's University Women's Centre.

Speakers who have been invited to

meetings of the Advisory Committee in-clude the Deputy Commissioner, Assis-tant Commissioner Training and Person-nel and the Commissioner. Meeting atten-dance varies depending on the topic, any-where from 15 to 120. Those attending meetings are from every occupational group including Warden Mary Cassidy who has shown her support by attending meetings or delivering workshops.

The intent of other meetings was to network, either among Ontario CSC women or with other Govemment Depart-ments. Certainly one of our more interest-ing meetings was with women working for the Ministry of Corrections. Guards, Su-perintendents, Administrators, Parole Of-ficers and a Deputy Warden, from all over Ontario, met with thirty Advisory

'I believe our accomplishments

are many'

Committee Members to discuss areas of mutual concern and to network. We have retained these contacts and frequently share ideas.

As the Advisory Committee grew in membership and acclaim, on occasion we became the group that staff or manage-ment would approach to lobby for accep-tance or support on various initiatives. Most notable, was Sheila Henriksen who sought the advice of the Advisory Com-mittee in preparing her questionnaire on harassmeni Consequently, she was sup-ported by many committee members who volunteered as interviewers to illustrate that support and ensure the success of Sheila's project.

still falling short of goal, it was extended until January 14, 1994. Final tally showed contributions of 87.3% . We are pleased to note, that thanks to the commitment and determination of CSC canvassers, this year CSC collected a total of S51,947.55, which was 91.14 % of our goal. This represents $7954.55, or 18.05%, more than last year. An extremely commendable effort!

What was very evident throughout this three and one-half month period was, not a sense of competition with other Insti-tutions as one might expect, but rather competition between the canvassers and the achievements of their facilities in previous years. Even more evident was their belief, as individuals, in the need for United Way funds.

Through thè s upport of Reg ional Man-agement, the Women's Advisory Com-mittee has also been able to offer three significant regional events.

In March 1992, we had a half-day observation of International Women' s Day. This celebration was held in Kingston City Hall where we heard from several speak-ers, including Mayor Helen Cooper, on which qualities to develop in order to suc-ceed.

In both 1992 and 1993, the Women's Advisory Committee was able to host a Regional Women's Conference. With the respective themes "Yes I Can" and "Con-necting '93", each conference had 150 CSC Ontario delegates and representa-tives from other CSC regions. Of particu-lar significance, between the two confer-ences, a total of 12 other federal or provin-cial govemment departments approached our organizing committee requesting to send a delegate.

These delegates traveled from across Canada to attend our conference and all of them went back to their region or depart-ment with knowledge of women in Ontario Region Correctional Services and poten-tial solutions to similar concerns.

The recommendations from both con-ferences were approved unanimously by Regional Management Committee. Two other recommendations from the confer-ences are before EXCOM for their consid-eration.

As far as impacts on the Regional or National level, one notable contribution of the Committe,e was its involvement in the removal of pornographic materials from cell walls. This stemmed from an Ontario sponsored Women's Advisory Committee Workshop on this topic and resulted in an EXCOM decision to remove these materi-

Women's Advisory Committee Coordinator resigns Chris Mangan offers her perspective on an eventful 2 years

All were personally committed to do whatever they could to raise funds for the 33 agencies which provide a myriad of services to people in need. Donations may still be made toward the 1993 Campaign but we may now proclaim the CSC Cam-paign successful and officially closed. Thanks to workers and donors for your support.

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January 1994 INSIDE OUT

Collins Bay Warden has his say about racism

Al Stevenson, Warden, Collins Bay Institution.

The Regional Advisory Committee on Racial Harmony played host to staff from Collins Bay and Frontenac Institutions for a half-day staff assembly on November 10, 1993. One-hundred and fifty staff members turned out for the event that was organized by Correctional Officers Garth Bowen and Tim Byrnes, RACRH members. Opening remarks were provided by Warden A. Stevenson, CBI, followed by Warden F. Sisson, Fi, and Mr. G. Ladouceur, President of the USGE, CRI. An information session, discussion and video were presented by members of the Frontenac Board of Education. The assembly was enlightening and entertaining. Following are excerpts from a thought-provoking speech delivered by CBI Warden, Al Stevenson.

"Racial harmony and cultural diver-sity" are topics on which I have done some personal reflection over the past few years. As a boy growing up in a city like Ottawa, I am loathe to admit that I generally paid little attention to the issue of civil rights and knew very little about any race or culture, other than my own. I remember

that the Preston Street area was known as "litde Italy" and that my WASP friends generally had a cynical attitude toward the people who lived there, but Ottawa, as I knew it, was not rife with racism.

In looking back, it is interesting how many historians categorize the first hun-dred years of Canadian life as "the golden age of social life". Undoubtedly, for some Canadians, the golden age of social life was an accurate description. In rural and urban settings many people had decent social lives and quality of life. But for large numbers of Canadians, things were probably far from satisfactory.

Two sectors of Canadians paid a par-ticularly high price during this period of time - women and cultural minorities. There is a book entitled Canada—A Portrait which contains a simple observation. It reads: "Canada's society is people - our values, customs and beliefs as individuals, the way we arrange ourselves in groups, the way we make decisions, the values we hold in common." It's a simple statement but it's a statement that I feel captures the essence of the Charter and every right we have recognized.

We have chosen, as Canadians, to officially mirror our values in the way we have structured our society and our laws. In 1982, with the writing of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, we agreed as a na-tion that we wanted to protect basic human rights. These rights include: freedom of association and assembly; freedom of thought, conscience and religion; freedom of the press; the right to vote; the right to residence; the right to free movement; the right to free language; and, the right to equality. I think we would all agree that these basic human rights are paramount.

In reality, these rights amount to noth-ing more than respecting individuals, re-specting their unique cultures, respecting their right to dress in turbans or suits, respecting their right to practice any reli-gion they choose or to practice no religion at all.

In 1991, the diversity of our nation

was shared by 27.3 million Canadians, according to Statistics Canada. That is eight times the 1867 total of 3.4 million. And while Canada's diversity will con-tinue to grow, its population will noi The cause is Canada's low reproduction rate. Canadians are not having enough children to maintain the population. We may even see a decline just after the tum of the century. Immigration levels may delay the decline but cannot stop it.

In the 1960s, merit became the main criterion for selecting immigrants. In 1991, Canada's immigrants came from more than 150 countries, with more than 70% from Asia, Africa and Latin America; less than 25% from Europe and the United States. Today, the average immigrant to Canada is 27 years old compared with a national average of just over 30. And, he or she tends to be more highly skilled or better educated than the average native-born Canadian. Fairly equal numbers of men and women are accepted.

Immigrants make a strong economic contribution to Canada. They start busi-nesses, they invest, they buy goods and literally inject billions into our economy every year. Immigrants are less likely than native-born Canadians to receive social assistance, and with their generally high skill and education levels, they bring pro-fessional expertise. Because their average incomes are higher, they tend to contribute more in taxes. Over 17% of the population of Toronto is composed of visible minori-ties made up of immigrant people. And since the early 1970's, the Canadian gov-ernment has followed a policy of multi-culturalism which encourages all Canadians to preserve and build on their culture and heritage.

Despite all this good news about im-migrants and visible minorities, all our policies, and all our legislation, incidents of racism and intolerance still occur in Canada. Contrary to belief, evidence shows that Canadians of different races do not have equal access to opportunities. One of the great challenges for Canada is to elimi-

nate discrimination and racism in order to allow all Canadians equal participation in society.

For me, as an individual and as a leader in a work environment, to malce a contribution toward ful filling this chal-lenge will require personal growth and change on my part. The first step for me is education. I need to inform myself of the issues, the good and the bad, in order to be part of the solution. That is why I so strongly support the kind of presentation we are about to see today. I think a large number of us need to open our eyes, inform ourselves of our social reality today. We are not living the reality of our parents that I described earlier.

Secondly, I must openly display my support for multi-cultural diversity and racial harmony and actively display my disdain and intolerance for any form of racism and discrimination from systemic to casual jokes and remarks. I encourage all of you to take a similar stance.

And while we use nice terms like "racial harmony" and "cultural diversity" today and at other time,s to describe what we're talking about, what we really mean is that we have complete intolerance and disdain for racism in any form. I am an "anti-racist" and despise the perspective of anyone who feels that ifs OK to be a bigot.

Thirdly, as a leader in this Institution I must examine the decisions I make, and that are made by others, in terms of pro-grams for offenders right through to hiring and promotional opportunities for visible minorities.

And again, I encourage all of you to look at the reality of the cultural mosaic of this Institution alone - this is a reflection of the composition of this country. If you observe an injustice, if you have a sugges-tion or a comment on this subject, I would be happy to hear from you.

I personally want to live in harmony. I want people to have the right to partici-pate in society on an equal basis. I don't want to live in a country with civil unrest, brutality, fractured by religion and race.

History of the Correctional Service of Canada 1956

The Fauteux Report is completed, and has considerable influence duc to booming economic conditions, a reform-ist government, a progressive Minister of Justice and a dynamic Commissioner of Penitentiaries.

Noteworthy are its recommenda-tions concerning parole (je. the estab-lishment of a National Parole Board), the replacement of the "two-year rule", and a more integrated federal-provin-cial corrections system. 1957

TV sets are purchased from public funds for inmates' enjoyment. 1958-1960

A Planning Conunittee appointed under the Hon. E.D. Fulton as Minister of Justice prepared the introduction of penal refonn in Canada. 1958

The Parole Act is passed, based largely on the Fauteux Report. 1959

As a result of the Parole Act, the National Parole Board is established and an automatic annual review of the sentences of all federal inmates, with a view to expanded use of parole, is begun. Minimum security facilities arc set up at Joyceville, at William Head

and Valleyfield. 1960-61

The Penitentiary Act is revised. Col-lins Bay and the Federal Training Cen-tre become medium security. The first inmate softball team is allowed to play a game outside the Institution. William Head Institution played against RCMP at the Royal Roads Military College in Victoria. Restrictions are removed from correspondence and postage is provided from public funds for four letters per month; additional letters arc allowed at

the writer's expense. Censorship ceases to be compulsory, and may be exercised in accordance with requirements of the good administration of the prison. Vis-its by relatives, friends and social work-ers are allowed with generous limits. The inmate president of the Dale Carnegie Alumni Association from Wil-liam Head Institution is invited to speak at the banquet of the Pacifi-, Region Dale Carnegie Institutes, held at the Empress Hotel. An open house is orga-nized in William Head, on Dominion

Day. A field day and picnic lunch, the preparation of which is left to the initia-tive and ingenuity of the inmates, is arranged for invited relatives and guests. 1961

LeClerc Institution becomes opera-tional as a medium security Institution. Recreational supervisors are appointed in major penitentiaries, and physical training instructors, in all Institutions. Physical training and recreation, includ-ing evening recreation, develop rapidly. The graduating class of 16 inmates from William Head Institution is invited to a civic banquet held in the Pacific Club of Victoria. Displays of hobbycraft, spon-sored by central authority, are arranged at the Canadian Congress of Correc-tions, in Toronto in May, and at the Central Exhibition (Ottawa), in August. 1962-1981

This period marks the creation of the Department of the Solicitor Gen-eral, and leads to further refinements in correctional and parole regulations and more humane treatment of offenders. 1962

The Penitentiary Regulations are revised. 1963

A "Ten Year Plan of Institutional Development" is formulated.

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RMC gets down to business Groups formed to help determine future organization

January 1994 INSIDE OUT

Big changes (cont'd from page 1) assume a larger role in corporate decision-making; operational teams will be used to a greater extent for problem-solving; and, information technology will be employed to the fullest Furthermore, it is expected that operational staff at all levels will be empowered so that they can accomplish their work with the greatest degree of au-tonomy but with assured accountability.

Both NHQ and RHQ will take on roles of support; supplying expertise for operational units with less emphasis on monitoring activities and decision-mak-ing. Indeed, these facilities will take on the label "offices" rather than "headquar-ters" although the Commissioner and Regional Deputy Conunissioners will re-main clearly responsible and "in charge".

On Monday January 24th, the Re-gional Management Cornmittee met at the RCSC. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss, in some detail, the pro-posed new model for CSC.

A/ADC, Tom Epp, has a leadership role around the exercise. As a result of this meeting, three groups were formed.

The first, chaired by Beaver Creek Warden, Les Judson, will review the critical elements of corporate operations and programming to determine how they will be carried forward in the new model.

A second group, chaired by Helgi Eyjolfsson, Warden, Joyceville Institu-

Wardens and District Directors, be-cause they will be carrying out more of a corporate role, will need to delegate more to key staff within their respective opera-tional units.

Over the next two to three months, the Senior Deputy Commissioner and key staff, with direct oversight by the Execu-tive Committee, will work out the details of what NHQ and RHQ models might look like, and how operational units will be required to change to accommodate this.

The Commissioner has assured staff that they will be kept well informed along the way. Furthermore, he has made it clear, to all staff, that their input is wel-come.

tion, will do much the same thing with respect to the wide range of administra-tive support accountabilities such as fi-nance and technical services.

The third group, led by Tom Epp, is currently assembling all relevant infor-mation with respect to personnel who will be directly impacted by the upcom-ing changes.

In mid-February, a two day retreat will be held, with the Commissioner in attendance, to review the findings and reconunendations of the groups. This will be followed, in March, by a presen-tation to EXCOM.

After many delays, OMS version 2.0 was released on October 8th, 1993.

Expectations were high. For several years it was rumoured that OMS would solve almost every offender management problem in the Correctional Service of Canada, that it would increase overall effi-ciency and provide timely, accurate infor-mation. No reports would be overlooked or late, and paper files would almost disap-pear.

Based on first impressions, it was hard to believe that this could possibly be true. OMS 2.0 did not start up smoothly. During the days following implementation, there was a steady build-up of problems; docu-ments wouldn't print, files wouldn't trans-fer and whole files and reports seemed to disappear. The days turned into weeks and the problems persisted. Announced "fixes" frequently didn't work and there was a lot of time lost. Frustration levels were high.

However, by the end of November, the situation began to improve. The devel-opers had discovered the causes of several problems and had started to fix them. Rep-resentatives from all the Regions and the National Parole Board met with OMS staff in Ottawa. They compared their problem lists and agreed upon about a dozen priori-ties. At the same time, the Commissioner approved some additional resources for the project and OMS 2.0 began to turn around.

Some of the improvements have been readily apparent but many have been small and, by themselves, almost insignificant. Some problems have just quietly disap-

peared. Fields that were empty in reports are no longer blank. Data is no longer dis-appearing. Files are transferring, tables updating and locked reports are printing.

Query reports which can produce Master Lists, CA Completion Reports and more, are now available; others are being written. Cell tables for most Instituions have been updated and corrected. FPS sheets on most offenders can be obtained in well under a minute and information from OMS is passing to the CPIC system.

Despite the improvements that have been seen, OMS 2.0 is not finished. Within the next days and weeks even more im-provements will be made. It will become possible to send reports to other users and to print them at remote printers. Docu-mentation on the BF system will be distrib-uted and some of the dozens of built-in reports will become available. In a couple of months a Management Information Component will be introduced.

The impending changes in the organi-zation of CSC will increase our reliance on information technology, information pro-vided lagely by OMS. The computers that run OMS will become faster and more powerful. Users will become more com-fortable using it and will discover new uses. Many of the expectations that pre-ceded the implementation of OMS will quickly become reality and CSC will ben-efit for many years to come.

OMS to play key role in future of CSC

Crime and safety in our community: what are we doing about it? On November 25th, 1993 the John

Howard Society of Kingston commenced a two-day conference intended to bring together people of all ages and interests with a common concern about crime and its prevention.

In keeping with this goal, the confer-ence, held at Holy Cross Secondary School, was planned in partnership with a wide variety of organizations including CSC, the Elizabeth Fry Society of Kingston, Kingston Police, Better Beginnings for Children, the Lifers Group at Kingston Penitentiary, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Separate School Board, King-ston Youth Employment Services, Youth Diversion Program, and the St. Lawrence Youth Association.

The opening day keynote speaker was Prof. Vince Sacco, Head of Sociology at Queen's. Prof. Sacco addressed the ques-tion "Can Crime be Prevented?" and of-fered the following suggestions:

• that local communities have more power to make crime prevention changes

• that crime prevention become the first priority rather than crime manage-ment

• that the management of crime be extended well beyond the criminal justice system to other agencies and groups

• that the statistical information flow on crime be much more widely shared

• that funding reflect a crime preven-tion point of view

Prof. Sacco does not expect that these conditions for eradicating crime will be met in the foreseeable future. But he does hold out hope that balanced information on crime will be realized and that that will be the basis for progress on meeting the other conditions.

The following morning, six panelists offered their different perspectives on crime prevention as follows:

1. Yvonne Latta, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, CSC—called for coordina-tion of community resources in order to best utilize what we know and the skills we possess which, when combined, could re-verse the trend to violence.

2. Lee Huddleston, Adolescent Care Worker—offered his Fit for Life Program at Kingston Collegiate as a model for crime prevention in that it emphasizes restoring good feeling and self-worth to those who have a record of anti-social behaviour.

3. Peter Coulson, District Court Judge—as a judge, he is constantly dealing with the question of the effective sentence. He advocates the short sharp sentence and the more extensive use of community ser-vice orders.

4. Michael Harris, Director, Kingston Employment and Youth Services—deplores the current marginalisation of youth and enters a strong plea for job creation pro-grams tailored to youth.

5. Winston Brant, CSC Aboriginal Programs—recommends the adoption of the aboriginal model of bringing perpetrator and victim together into a healing process.

6. Wendy Talbot, Director, Commu-nity Crisis Centre—focused on the publi-cizing of violence that is everywhere evi-dent, even in school games and sports. She urged an effort to understand the origins of violence, thus to minimize it.

"As Lifers See It" a video presentation featuring six lifers at Kingston Peniten-tiary explored the reasons for their crimi-nal activity and how it might have been prevented. The participants stressed their dysfunctional family situations and called

upon parents and teachers to show greater sensitivity to the needs of children. They pleaded for lines of communication be-tween youth and their superiors that are honest and without prejudice.

(The video is available at the JHS office on Montreal St. and at Kingston Penitentiary. Certain conditions apply to its use by outsiders.)

The second day of the conference also afforded the participants an opportunity to break into workshops to discuss various aspects of crime and public safety. There were 14 discussion groups made up of 112 persons. The recommendations empha-sized the need for new thinlcing and fresh leadership in the field of crime prevention. Certain words and concepts kept reappear-ing in the recommendations: open com-munication, better information, commu-nity involvement, wider use of volunteers, violence reduction, better opportunities for children and youth, local control, and more use of peers.

There was an evident frustration with bureaucracies and large institutions which tend to hinder information flows.

Recommendations

Among the many recommendations that came out of these workshops were the following:

• that police should be familiar and visible members of the community...and mingle more in the everyday happenings of the community

• that much better communication is needed within the justice system: more sharing of information and resources among levels of government, courts, social agen-cies and service institutions such as schools

• that uniformity in sentencing is

needed plus substantial research into the effectiveness of various sentences

• that appointments to the National Parole Board should be non-political

• that there should be greatly expanded prison programs using volunteers

•that programs on family life and so-cial skills should be in the education sys-tem at all levels

• that there be renewed efforts to ban toys of violence and media violence

• that education, both in and out of the schools, should be seen as the primary means of crime prevention

• that there should be increased therapy/treatment programs for sexual of-fenders both in and outside prison; and, that prisoners should be treated earlier in their sentence

•that high risk sexual offenders should always undergo a gradual release process

• that CSC be more supportive of local institutional programming to allow tailor-ing to local needs and local resources; and, that monolithic, politically motivated ap-proaches to rehabilitation be abandoned

The dominant message from the con-ference was that there are many persons in the community who have much to offer in expanding and strengthening the support systems needed to help persons of all ages become better citizens. In this idealistic view of the future, the children are the critical group. Every child should be as-sured of sympathy, respect, support and love so that criminal tendencies are strangled at birth.

Source: information provided by Peter Hennessy, Vice President, John Howard Society of Kingston.

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Letters...

Rock Garden Project wins award

The Ontario Horticultural Association presented a Community Improvement Award this past sum-mer to the Barriefield Rock Garden Project and Founder/Chairman, Bill Robb.

The project basically consists of alpine, peren-nial, and annual plantings as well as some shrubs and evergreens. Walkways, viewing points, a foot-path bridge as well as a number of garden and rest areas, are all planned for the future.

Two years of experimental planting has been completed so far, largely by a regular work team from Pittsburgh Institution supervised by Citizen Escort Bill Robb.

The following is a reprint of a letter from Mr. Robb to Deputy Commissioner Andrew Graham:

Dear Andrew, The rock garden planting season for 1993 is

coming to an end and we would like to thank you and Pittsburgh Institution staff and inmates for your mean-ingful support.

Throughout the season, staff and inmates have assisted in all aspects of furthering the garden, directly leading to an award.

Numerous complimentary comments as to the work accomplished by inmates have been expressed.

We have been honoured by the Ontario Horticul-tural Association at their Chatham Ontario convention wth the "Community Improvement Award". Conven-tion theme was "This land our legacy".

We would hope that you may share this honour with us, for without your help the award to The Barriefield Rock Garden Project would not have been possible.

Church thanks Beaver Creek work crew Dear Mr. Judson,

We, the members of Barkway United Church wish to convey our sincere thanks for the good paint job done by the fellows from Beaver Creek.

They were well-mannered and most coopera- tive.

Please give a special thanks to the organizers and the guards who transported them. We are most grateful.

Yours truly,

Eileen Tavernes and Bernice Merkley

Easter Seal Telethon Dear Mr. Graham,

The Easter Seal Society is committed to help-ing physically challenged children and their fami-lies throughout Ontario. To support those efforts, the Rotary Club of Kingston runs "Kids First...The Faster Seal Telethon" which will be held this year on Sunday, March 27th, on CKWS television.

Over 400 children in the Greater Kingston area rely on our Easter Seal Telethon for financial sup-port. This year, more than ever, the Easter Seal Kids need your help.

The local campaign supports a variety of ser-vices which are nearly impossible for a family to cover without the help of Easter Seals. Some of the expenses include:

• $300 for orthotic footwear for a one-year-old child • $633 for an orthopaidic car seat for a child • $1,500 towards the purchase of a wheel-chair

The Rotary Club of Kingston is working hard this year to raise over $100,000 for these kids.

I am asking that your department generously extend your hands and contribute to this year's Easter Seal Campaign.

Thanking you in advance for "Backing a Fighter" with us. Pam Robertson, Chairperson

Jessie Deslauriers steps down after 2 productive years as CAC Chairperson

Inside Out welcomes participation from its readers. In particular, we appreciate receiving photos of special events, especially those which help to raise the profile of staff who are doing something special, making that extra effort. So, don't be shy, send in those pics. Black and whites are best, but good quality colour prints are acceptable. Polaroids may be usable, depending on quality. Persons in the photos should be clearly identi-fied etc.

During the upcoming year, we sincerely hope that readers will contact us with their comments and sugges- tions. There are many dedicated and interesting people working in the Service and there are certainly many interesting stories to be told. We need your help in

identifying and telling those stories.

One of the goals of this newslet- ter is to in- form staff about the work of their colleagues in other lo- cales, to broaden everyone's correctional framework. Quite frankly, with one notable exception, we some-times won-der if there are any com-

munity offices out there. So, if you work in one, we would very much like to

hear from you. In this way, we can work together to bring you a publication that continues to be fresh, interesting and informative for all staff. Contributions should be sent to the Communications Office, Attention:I nside Out, RHQ, Kingston.

Inside Out would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those who contributed to the newsletter last year. In particular, the following people deserve a special word of thanks: Chris Mangan, Nadrine Maher, Julia Hobson, Gwen McMahon, Pat Castillo, Andrew Graham, and David St. Onge.

Without their assistance there would not have been a newsletter.

Corrections is a tough business, one full of frustra-tions and disappointments. But, there are many suc-cesses, victories big and small. Inside Out hopes that you will share some of those victories with us in the future and sincerely wishes you all the best in 1994.

January 1994 INSIDE , OUT

Christmas presents an opportunity for staff to get out of their usual roles. Above Ross Toller, RACIO, and Janet Simonds (Santa) show their true colours. Below: Santa gives CBI Warden, Al Stevenson, an ultralight aircraft to add to his squadron, and "Little Drummer Boy", Deputy Warden Bob Brown (right) struts his stuff.

CAC Chairperson leaves her mark

Jessie Deslauriers, Chairperson of the Ontario Citizen's Advisory Committee, completes her two-year term of office and we wish to express our appreciation for the excellent contribution she made, not only as Chair but also as an involved member of the Frontenac Institution CAC for many years.

Andrew Graham commented in the recent CAC newsletter, "I have had the pleasure of working with Jessie these past two years. She is well motivated and, certainly, for all those who meet her, full of enthusiasm. As we look to the future and continued good work with the Citizens' Advisory committees in Ontario, we can look to Jessie's work as a positive contribution."

Jessie's many accomplishments are too numerous to mention but she managed the CAC program to where it now reflects a more positive, professional partnership in the correctional process.

Under her leadership, some of the accomplislunents were:

•the creation of an approved CAC Orientation Manual • the de-

velopment of guidelines for CAC involve-ment, giving, for the first time, specific direction for CAC partici-pation

• nine in-formative and widely dis-tributed newsletters to ensure better communica-tion between the conunu-nity and CSC

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employees • a visit by CAC Chairs to an Institution in New York

State • regular meetings for the Chairs and general CAC

membership Jessie Deslauriers helped to open the lines of commu-

nication between management, staff, offenders and the conununity, and enhanced the level of professionalism and partnership in the correctional process, not only within the Ontario Region, but also nationally in her capacity as a member of the National CAC Committee.

We are all indebted to Jessie for her excellent leader-ship and commitment. At a recent Regional Management Cotnmittee meeting, she was presented with a CSC watch by the Senior Management Team.

We know that Jessie will always be ready and willing to assist the correctional process in any way she can. We look forward to receiving her assistance and advice in the future, and sincerely express our gratitude for the excellent work she performed, in all areas of her involvement.

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Helen Ronan, Staffing Officer (above centre), recently received her PSC 'Staffng Certification' after completing a lengthy training program which consisted of several self-study modules, conducting many staffing processes and succeseully completing a written exam. Seen here, she is congratulated by Bonnie Sisson (left), Chief of Staffing, and Kris Burton, Senior Staffing Officer, RHQ, (Ont).

INSIDE OUT January 1994

People on the move ... Beaver Creek Institution Stuart Patrick, from JI, to Institu-tional Buyer effective November 22/ 93. Pittsburgh Institution Eileen Blow has moved to Joyceville Institution, Records...Lori Hunt has joined the staff half time as Chief Human Resource Manager, the other half being spent at Bath Institution...Wendy Jackson comes to Pittsburgh from Prison for Women, as Case Documentation Clerk. Millhaven Institution Don Ley, Informatics Specialist, is working at Keele Centre for the month of January...Tony Godinho, Bath Institution, is filling in for

The Festival of the Trees, held this year from December 1-6, is a very lovely yearly event held at the Portsmouth Olym-pic Harbour complex. The proceeds, re-ceived from admissions and the auction of donations, go to area hospitals. This year the proceeds, totally $150,000, were for the benefit of Health Care 2000.

It is truly amazing how many ways a tree can be decorated and this year's festi-val boasted over 200 examples. As well, the show featured 5 decorated rooms in character with the show's theme, "Alice

Don...welcome back to MI, Gary Goodberry, Rick Shelley, Adrian Sutherland and Pete Nahorney. Warkworth Institution John Bandy, CO II transferred to Beaver Creek Institution... Harry Peters, CO I, retired December 1st after many years of service at WI... Ed Flannagan was appointed to Labour Foreman, indeterminate... Danielle Laquerre was appointed to indeterminate Health Care Officer effective November 22nd... Jill Shone appointed to Health Care Officer (contract)... Gail Brinkman, Native Liaison Officer (contract) will be visiting the Institution Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

looking through the looking glass" and several original displays including ginger bread houses and castles.

Chief Health Care Officer at Fronte-nac Institution, Marion Payne, with the help of Bernie Aucoin and inmates from Frontenac, decorated a room on behalf of Frontenac Institution and the Hudson Bay Company. Mirrored pedestals held beau-tiful white and silver figures of Mary, Joseph, the wise men and shepherds. The walls and floor were done in black to symbolize the darkness of the world.

Mel Ruttan (right), Correctional Officer at MI, representated CSC at this year's Remembrance Day Ceremony held at the Cenotaph, in City Park, Kingston.

Mel, a WW II veteran, served in the Air Force from January 1941 to October 1948 and has been employed at Millhaven Institution since 1976.

In total, this very popular display re-ceived 4 ribbons: one 1st place for the most original room; and three 2nd best ribbons for the people's choice, the Committee's choice and the children's choice.

Frontenac makes major contribution to Festival of Trees

Awards, achievements and events across the Region Western Ontario District Office A team award was recently presented

to three members of the staff; Eric Duggan, Craig Townsend, and Gertie Witte for their contribution to the self contained program on community awareness.

Effective next month, finance, admin-istration, and informatics responsibililties for the District will be undertaken from the FSW in Kitchener.

Pittsburgh Institution An appreciation dinner was held on

December 13th for all volunteers involved working with the Institution and its inmates. Warden Larry Stebbins presented CAC Chairman, Bruce Foster with a plaque rec-ognizing his valuable efforts as a Citizen Volunteer/CAC member.

Prior to Christmas, 5 inmates under the supervision of retired CO II, Scotty McManus, built a portable chalet to be used as the announcers' centre at the annual chari-table fundraiser, Festival of Trees. The chalet was built at Pittsburgh, transported to the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour site, used throughout the Festival and finally raffled off with the proceeds being donated to the cause.

Warkworth Due in large part to the excellent efforts

of its campaign canvassers, Warkworth Institution's United Way campaign exceeded its goal by an amazing 60%.

Representatives from the administra-tion of Loyalist College recently attended the Institution to present the law and Secu-rity Administration Faculty Award to the staff of Warkworth for their outstanding support of the LASA program.

Warkworth has now started its own Frontline Leadership Program and its par-ticipants are expected to graduate by the end of the fiscal year.

Warden Mike Provan presented Elaine

Gerow with a CSC Instant Award in recogni- tion of her "dedication and conunitment in the creation of the Peer Health Group for the

inmate population at Warkworth Institution".

Frontenac Institution A staff assembly, held on December

13th, provided the opportunity for Warden Fred Sisson to present awards to numerous staff members. Rick Grass, informatics officer was honoured for his dedication and effort over the past year in implementing the OMS system and for his assistance to staff in attaining computer literacy. Frank Lollar, CO II, was recognized for the many hours of his own time that he devotes to the Offic-ers' Club and all its members. Val Grieve, Programs Officer, was recognized for ar-ranging the highly successful Drug Aware-ness Conference, held at Frontenac on De-cember Ilth. It is hoped that this event will be held again in the future. Elaine Watier received an award for her superb efforts as this year's United Way Canvasser, contrib-uting immeasurably to the achievement of Frontenac's objective. Marion Payne, Chief Health Care, received an award for her mar-velous success at this year's Festival of Trees. Tony Jean, Psychologist, received his 35 year medallion.

Ross Sutton, Citizen Escort, received a special appreciation award acknowledging over two decades of voluntary work as an escort for offenders. Both Ross and his wife,Alice, attended the Institution for lunch and the Staff Assembly at which he was presented with a CSC watch and certificate.

Ross began his affiliation with Fronte-nac Institution as a volunteer in the early 1970's. He was particularly active as a citizen escort from Aprill 1991 to July 1993. For over a year, Ross excorted four inmates weekly to the Alcohol and Drug Education Center for substance abuse prograrruning, and he took them individually to ADEC for

one-to-one counselling. He also escorted many inmates on shopping pases, to attend AA meeting, doctors appointments, Queen's University speaking engagements, John Howard Society functions, and a variety of other worthwhile functions including Conwalk.

Ross has been an extremely patient, caring man, and has always been available to help inmates in need. Due to his own ill health and that of his niece who has been hospitalized since early October, Ross has been forced to take a temporary "leave of absence", but hopes to return soon to active duty as Frontenac's #1 Citizen Escort.

Beaver Creek At the Beaver Creek staff assembly of

January 10th, Les Judson, Warden, pre-sented the Exemplary Service Medal to Garry E. Flowers, Deputy Warden, and to Rick Trebilcock, Assistant Warden, Correctional Programs.

Both employees have provided service and dedication to the Correctional Service for many years. Mr. Flowers worked in various Institutions in the Ontario Region before coming to Beaver Creek, from Wark-worth, in May 1993 to become Deputy War-

den. Mr. Trebilcock has worked exten-sively in the community (parole) in the Hamilton area. Rick joined the staff at Beaver Creek as Assistant Warden Correc-tional Programs in May 1992.

Other staff recognized at the assembly were as follows:

Tom Parr, Gordon Jack, Paul Empey, R. Bisson and L. Page in recognition of the successful implementation of the urinalysis program at BC!. Recently released statistics on the nationwide urinalysis program rated Beaver Creek Institution second in Canada for the number of tests done, and, first for positive results. This spealcs for the quality of testing.

Staff and inmates at Beaver Creek In-stitution and Muskoka Parole opened their hearts this Christmas by donating money, food and gifts to 4 needy families in the area. A total of $709.80 cash and approximately $250 in food items was collected over the holiday season.

The project was co-ordinated jointly by Jan Ryan, Chief, Administrative Services, and Debbie Kelly, CORCAN, Industry Clerk. Thanks to their efforts and the gen-erosity of staff and inmates, 4 needy fami-lies enjoyed a merrier holiday season.

Garry Flowers (above left) and Rick Trebilcock (above right), shown here receivng Exemplary Service Medals from Beaver Creek Warden, Les Judson.

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January 1994 INSIDE OUT

Justice News from Canada and around the world Canada

Punishment varies wildly A recently completed study by Statis-

tics Canada suggests that punishment for crimes is mostly effected by the locale of the sentencing.

Based on data from 1991 and 1992, the study disclosed the following findings: • People convicted of simple drug possession were twice as likely to be sentenced to jail in Toronto as anywhere else in the country. • Average sentences for sexual assault were 270 days in Quebec, three times longer than in Ontario and six times the average in Prince Edward Island. • Edmonton courts were the toughest on drunk drivers, handing out average sentences of 90 days compared with 21 in Toronto and Ottawa and 30 in Calgary, Montreal and Quebec City.

The study was the most comprehen-sive of its type ever completed in Canada, covering 600,000 criminal convictions, about two-thirds of the case load in Cana-dian courts during the period of the survey. It was a major step in gathering compre-hensive information on how punishment varies across the country.

Government promises parole board reforms

Solicitor-General Herb Gray, in a state-ment issued January 5th, vowed to make future appointments to the National Parole Board on the basis of merit, not on party tics as they have been in the past.

1-lis statements followed di ,: release of an internal report highlighting a series of miscues by both the Board and CSC which contributed to the release on day parole of a violent offender who later raped and murdered a Regina woman.

"The main consideration for appoint-ment to the parole board will have to be merit, competence and integrity", said Gray, adding that he wanted to make sure that "the parole board and correctional service work hard to ensure it does not happen again".

Gray said that the government will ensure greater training of board members

Major change (cont'd from page I )

in the role of RHQ—now to be called the Regional Office— into a centre of expertise performing value-added roles for the operational units can now, in my view, be accelerated. The corporate roles now played by many of our Wardens and District Directors can also be reinforced.

This is not simply a bureaucratic exercise. We are looking for the best way to lead this fine organiza-tion for the next ten years. We are looking for ways to ensure that those that have the accountability to do that can be in direct contact with the top of the organization and have real, correctional operational con-ce rns at the front of the agenda. To do that, we have to streamline without losing what is at the heart of our work—the Mission of the Ser-vice.

I invite you to be part of that process.

and change legislation to ensure those who are not performing satisfactorily can be removed.

He has also promise,d to amend legis-lation to make it tougher for violent of-fenders to get out after serving two-thirds of their sentences. Source: The Toronto Star

International Justice News

Riot in Venezuelan Jail A large scale prison riot in Venezuela

earlier this month resulted in a de,ath toll estimated at over 100.

The uprising at the National Jail of Maracaibo ended the same day it began but only after National Guard troops stormed the facility. Fires started by the rampaging inmates caused many of the deaths and the complete destruction of two wings of the jail. As well, many inmates were reported

College News January has be,en a highly active month

for College Staff with three in-house Cor-rectional Training Program classes, and ongoing groups in FrontLine Leadership, Interpersonal Skills Training for Experi-enced Staff, and Computer Skills, among many other offerings.

Preparation is underway for an excit-ing new program for front line staff. WORKING is a modular course devel-oped by the Achieve group who offer Front-Line Leadership. Dennis Kerr, our Master Trainer has held three training sessions to prepare facilitators for delivery and the program is actively underway at Bath In-stitution with Frontenac soon to follow. Regional Office staff will also soon have the opportunity to participate at the Col-lege. Dennis is also busy in his national role as Master Trainer for FrontLine Lead-ership. January finds him in Ottawa and Dorchester for Instructor Certification courses and in February he will be in the Pacific Region.

What's happening with the Queen's Houses?

The first house, Trono Commons, is scheduled for completion in mid-March under the workrnansh ip of contrac tor Bruce Pardo and the offender work crew from Bath Institution. Interior work on the next two houses has already commenced with current completion planned for early sum-mer. All three will offer residential facili-ties.

Remember,theRCSC Learning Resource Centre is open to all CSC staff.

Recent addition: Psychopathy and Learning Disability in a Male Prison Population. Folsom, Jean; a PhD thesis. Queen's University. 1993. Also available: Anger and Prisoners. Gembora, Louisa. Queen's University. 1986. Personal Disposition, Coping amd Ad- aptation in Correctional Workers.

to have died of lcnife wounds during fights between racially aligned gangs.

The prison, about 700 kilometres from Caracas, was built to hold 800 inmates, but at the time of the riot was housing about 3,000. Source: The Globe and Mail

Uniforms for Estonia With the coming of the new year, the

recently created correctional service of Estonia eagerly awaited the arrival of a Christmas present from the Correctional Service of Canada.

Crates of previously wom CX uni-forms from across Canada were shipped off in December, a donation to Estonia by Canada, one that was much needed and appreciated. One CSC official involved in the process commented that the Estonian recipients were "jumping cartwheels" over the prospect of getting superb quality ap-parel which would add a touch of legiti-macy to their newly formed correctional service.

The second Brown Bag Lunche,on meeting for the Women's Group was held at the College on Friday, January 21st. Issues addressed included child care, net-working, career development, wellness in the workplace and mentoring. Stay tuned for dates of future meetings. All are wel-come to attend.

Julia Hobson, Co-Chair of the Joint Regional An ti-Harassment Comm ittee, and Butch Snider, are drafting a comprehen-sive training plan for the Region to address issues identified in the recently released Henriksen Report (phase 1) and at the Regional Anti-Harassnient Workshop.

A pilot orientation course for institu-tional Security Maintenance Officers is being offered at the college in March. For more information check with the National Training Standards guidebook or talk to Bud Bannon at the Regional Office.

Marg Rhodes is developing a Presen-tation Skills Seminar to be offered to the Administrative Support group in response to their needs survey. She is also coordi-nating a Health Care workshop for nursing staff inconsultation with theChiefs, Health Care.

Chris Marr coordinated delivery of the first Ontario Region based National Case Management Orientation program. Evaluation reports received were very favourable.

On the Road Again College Staff field site travels in-

Hughes, Gareth. Queen's University. 1990. The Impact on Correctional Officers of Exposure to Critical Incidents. Rosine, Lois. Carleton University. 1992. Also, for Franklin Time Management converts, the following titles have been acquired: Gaining Control. BF 632.B42 The advanced day planner user's guide. BF 637.T5S54 Time Management. BF 637.T5 W45 Creating quality meetings. HM 131.W45

United States

Killers abound One of every 1,000 random strang-

ers encountered in the United States has killed someone, estimates Chicago-based factfinder Les Krantz, adding that only seven of every 10 murders in the country are solved and the average con-victed murderer serves only about eight years. Source: Michael Kesterton, The Globe and Mail.

What's in a name? Robert R. Reldan, a convicted mur-

derer in New Jersey, has been denied a request to change his naine to Howard B. Beyer. Junior. Such moves are rarely challenged unless authorities see a po-tential for fraud, The New Yourk Time says. Although Mr. Reldan denies there is any connection, until last June his prison's warden was Howard L. Beyer.

eluded: Annette Allan visited FSW staff in Kitchener for updating on Advanced Win-dows, Al Mail, Excel and PowerPoint; Debbie Kruz, our contract computer trainer has traveled to Beaver Creek, Warkworth and Central; Dave Page and Lawrence Bell, our ISST team, visited Beaver Creek and Warkworth; Mike Chinnery contin-ues his Career Management project work on half-time secondment to National Head-quarters; Butch Snider is part of a national team reviewing ERT training. Marg Rhodes delivered Franklin Time Manage-ment to a National Headquarters group from Lucie McLung's shop. Brian McKegney delivered Sex Offender Train-ing in the Central District.

Stay tuned for upcoming news on Work Family Balance and Learning Cen-tres.

Butt Out National Non-Smoking Week, spon-

sored by the Canadian Council on Smok-ing and Health (CCSH), was held across Canada January 17-23, 1994 with Weedlsess Wednesday held January 19th

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