Evaluation report : Rapport d'évaluation : Stratégie d'intervention intensive pour les délinquantes

The intervention and accommodation approaches implemented as part of IIS were intended to contribute to the safety and security of the institution and to decrease maladaptive behaviours and emotional distress among women offenders. [...] While the ‘therapeutic quiet room’ was considered a necessary component of the SLE, the structure of the facilities minimised the extent of its use in all the institutions. [...] Through the implementation of the IIS, the existing regional facilities were modified and expanded in order to safely accommodate women offenders who were classified at the maximum security level (who had been co-located in the men’s institutions) and/or who had mental health needs that required more intensive support than that available in the community living model of the regional facilities. [...] These integrated correctional results are in keeping with the principles of Creating Choices and are intended to foster the reintegration of women offenders into the general population of offenders and/or to the community as law-abiding citizens, ultimately contributing to the achievement of CSC's public safety mandate. [...] At the regional and institutional levels, under the direction of the Regional Deputy Commissioner and the Assistant Regional Deputy Commissioner of Institutional Operations, the Warden provides 8 leadership to the Assistant Warden of Intervention, the Manager, Intensive Intervention Strategy, and the Correctional Manager, Intensive Intervention Strategy, in managing the day-to day operations of bo