Overcrowding and safety issues in B.C. Corrections facilities has been an ongoing issue since the BC Liberal government began closing correctional centres and began double-bunking prisoners in pre-trial facilities after being elected in 2001.
The BCGEU has raised the issue publicly several times in recent years, after members expressed concern over rising staff-to-inmate ratios, overcrowding and double-bunking in provincial jails.
The union recently issued news releases highlighting this concern for the general public. Click on the links below for PDF versions of recent news stories covered by provincial media:
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