Guy Richmond Place is a Community Residential Facility that encourages self care. All residents are responsible for a house chore, cooking their own meals, laundry and maintaining a balanced lifestyle. Staff continues to provide support and advocacy for residents as needed and promotes healthy lifestyles and choices.
All residents are responsible for the preparation and clean up of their daily meal requirements. GRP provides an array of nutritional options that residents are able to pick from.
Guy Richmond Place continues to have a structured gradual curfew for the first two weeks of residency. During the first week of residency all residents will be expected to be in house between the hours of 5pm-6pm and again between 930pm and 7am. During the second week residents are expected to return to GRP by 930 pm. The third week, residency will become regular Sun-Thurs 11pm-7am in house Fri-Sat 1230 am-0830am. Curfews are set as agreed upon by the house manager and the Community Parole Officer. All residents must be in the house for a minimum of 8 hours per day as per house rules.
NO weekend passes during the first month of residency. One pass during the second month, two during the third month, three during the fourth month, blanket weekend passes after five months. Weekend passes are granted with the approval of both the Community Parole Officer and House Manager.
All resident are expected to abide by the following conditions:
Sign in and out of CRF and provide exact destinations, Follow house curfews. Call in every four hours from a landline unless at work. Complete house chore as assigned, have an open and disclosive working relationship with staff, provide input on Caseplan and monthly updates, smoke only in designated areas, No alcohol or substance consumption will be tolerated. Guest may visit between the hours of 10am and 10 pm and must sign in at the staff office.
Guy Richmond place continues to provide federal offenders on all types of release a structured and supportive environment. Due to John Howard Societies screening criteria it is difficult to determine a typical resident. All accepted residents need to be Male on some form of conditional release from a federal Institution, be actively participating on their caseplan and making positive change for themselves. The average resident stays 3 to 6 months and has some form of substance abuse, health condition or mental health need.
Non CSC services that operate out of or uses the house (provincial beds, forensic beds, COSA, etc)
Guy Richmond Place offers residency to Correctional Services of Canada clients.
Guy Richmond Place works with Federal Offenders on all types of release from a federal Institution. Residents are expected to use their stay at Guy Richmond Place as an opportunity to complete programming, initiate employment, continue studies, build community supports, re-establish family relationships and have a structured and supported environment from which to reintegrate back into the community. Staff continue to monitor house rules and conditions of release as well as offer support and advocacy to our clients.
This house is based on a Residential Street and seemed to me to be the ideal way of re-integrating prisoners back into society. It has reasonably strict rules which are managed by those in the community House and breaching these will exclude you from residency. They are clearly explained during your induction process and you sign to say you will obide by them.
I was agin impressed by the staff here who are dedicated to assisting those coming out of custody to get their lives on track. It was also reassuring to know that very few residents were in the facility when I visited as they were all out at work or programmes.
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