BCGEU president Stephanie Smith has requested a meeting with Parliamentary Secretary Laurie Throness (MLA Chilliwack-Hope) to get an update on the report he is preparing for Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton on safety in B.C.’s provincial prisons. 

The report was due on June 30 but has not yet been released to the public.

The Throness report follows a series of comprehensive inspections of provincial prisons carried out by senior WCB managers and inspectors between October 2012 and December 2013. The inspections of the nine prisons led to 58 orders being issued for serious health and safety violations in the prisons.

Click here to read the letter from BCGEU president Stephanie Smith.