The program is being expanded to all 10 provincial facilities, including the Vancouver Island Correctional Centre in Saanich.
People leaving B.C.’s jails will have access to a transition team to help them get the mental health and substance support they need when returning to their communities.
The Mental Health and Addictions Ministry is also increasing the size and the capacity of community transition teams, and making them available to people for 90 days after they leave jail, up from 30. The teams will include social workers, nurses, peer support workers and indigenous patient navigators, Malcolmson said.
“We really want to ensure a safe and successful transition back into community,” she said. “But people being discharged from prison face so many challenges from navigating health care to getting a roof over their heads. “ “We know also that without proper mental health and substance use support, people are much more likely to re-offend,” Malcolmson said. “That’s bad for communities and bad for people that have been caught in a cycle of reincarnation.”
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