AN ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN SUMMERLAND?

 The Province has sent out a request to all Okanagan communities to help them identify a suitable site for a secure provincial correctional centre in the Okanagan area to be completed by 2015. The proposed centre will have 360 cells (10 living units each with 36 cells), admissions area, administration, staff services, food preparation, health care, segregation, inmate programs and on-site park.

The following criteria are what the Province requires for a suitable location:

•  A serviced buildable area of about 8 hectares (20 acres)  including electricity, gas, water and sewer.
• Not in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR)
• Maximum probability of expeditious appropriate zoning
• Minimal probability of a First Nations claim to aboriginal title
• Minimal negative environmental conditions
• Narrowest dimension of site should exceed 170 metres (560 feet)
• Economic considerations such as costs to purchase, re-zone and service and impact on construction costs
• The site should ideally be located to minimize travel times to the larger courts in the Okanagan area.
  

LINK TO 4 PAGE SOLICITOR GENERAL LETTER/INFORMATION

 PROVINCE OF BC QUESTION & ANSWER FACT SHEET

OPEN HOUSE MARCH 7 2011

BC CORRECTIONS BRANCH - PRESENTATION

POTENTIAL SITES - SOUTH OKANAGAN  - PRESENTATION