Inmate Intervention Services
Programs Offered at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary
A program for people with a history of trauma and/or addiction. The goal is help people manage trauma symptoms, develop healthy coping strategies, prevent self-destructive acts, identify positive and safe people, free oneself from unhealthy relationships, and find new ways to enjoy life.
A gender-based violence program that addresses the needs of individuals and groups who have been abusive in their current relationship. Safety and Repair is individualized to a person’s values and experiences and therefore is respectfully adapted to any gender, race, ethnicity, or spirituality.
A program, which deals with moderate-risk, and high-risk participants who have difficulty in managing their anger in non-domestic situations.
A two-day weekend psycho-educational workshop targeting impaired drivers and delivered periodically at the Learning Resources Program (LRP). The LRP and Her Majesty’s Penitentiary personnel coordinate the workshop jointly.
Programs Offered at West Coast Correctional Centre
A program, which deals with moderate-risk, and high-risk participants who have difficulty in managing their anger in non-domestic situations.
A continuous intake program often offered in conjunction with anger management, and designed to target dynamic risk factors such as anti-social attitudes and values, pro-criminal associations, substance abuse and anti-social behaviour patterns.
A program which focuses on helping fathers understand the realistic expectations for their children’s different developmental stages and helps navigate discipline and parenting approaches for children who have experienced trauma.