Saturday, 27 August 2011

Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village & Kent Institution two ends of the spectrum but both very relevent


Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village is a minimum-security institution located about 140 kilometres east of Vancouver, British Columbia, on traditional Chehalis First Nation land. Formerly Elbow Lake Institution, the facility was renamed Kwìkwèxwelhp in 2001 and can house up to 50 inmates.
The Institution provides programs and training to improve employment skills, including basic training, general training and correspondence courses, as well as various maintenance programs.
This place is amazing and after driving up the old logging road twice to try and find it I eventually climbed the side of the mountain and came accross a hidden gem. It is a very open prison which has maximum community input. From their tradditional Long Hall to the healing grounds and tepee. The programmes run are of real quality and benefit to those inmates who sign up to spend time there.

From one end of the spectrum to the other.

Kent Institution is a maximum-security facility located in the upper Fraser Valley, near Agassiz, British Columbia, about 140 kilometres east of Vancouver. Kent is the only maximum-security facility in the Pacific Region, and shares a federal reserve with Mountain Institution. Kent Institution opened in 1979 and can house up to 324 inmates.
The Institution is equipped with regular and segregation cells, as well as cells at Health Services.
Programs at Kent Institution are aimed mainly at correcting the behaviour that led inmates to be classified as maximum-security risks. Educational programs, as well as socialization and employment, play a large role at the Institution.
The Institution plays a much needed role within Canadian Corrections. The inmates housed there need to be held in a more secure environment and some do not progress through the system due to their individual risk.

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