To ensure continuity of service during the COVID-19 pandemic, all BCGEU offices are closed and staff are working remotely to assist members. We recommend that you email the appropriate office if you require assistance.
C1 COVID-19 bulletins:
Risk Assessments:
Neil Boyd is a professor and criminologist at Simon Fraser University. He conducted these studies for the Component. Click to download PDF versions of these surveys, which examine the practices and conditions of corrections and deputy sheriffs in British Colombia, and how they affect corrections officers, deputy sheriffs, the inmates and the public.
Report Card on the Criminal Justice System #2 (March 2018)
2015 BC Corrections Count Projections
Public Services Foundation - Crisis in Correctional Services (April 2015)
United Nations: Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Throness Report: Standing Against Violence - A Safety Review of BC Corrections (2014)
Justice Denied: The Causes of B.C.’s Criminal Justice System Crisis (BCCLA 2012)
Click links below to download PDF versions of recent coroner's verdicts affecting Component 1 members.
The BCGEU is seeking essential information on why members are leaving or changing public service jobs with the B.C. Government. We believe your responses will help us better serve our membership.