SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION UPDATE Report on the implementation of recommendations from ALONE:

Report on the implementation of recommendations from Alone: The prolonged and repeated isolation of youth in custody 3 From the Ombudsperson The main difference between the ministry’s I am calling on the ministry to account for commitments and our recommendations its delay in meaningfully implementing the involved the speed of implementation. [...] 4 Report on the implementation of recommendations from Alone: The prolonged and repeated isolation of youth in custody Introduction Introduction One of the ways in which the Office of the the recommendations. [...] Report on the implementation of recommendations from Alone: The prolonged and repeated isolation of youth in custody 7 The current context of youth custody in British Columbia The current context of youth custody in British Columbia United Nations Declaration on The ministry told us that as part of this the Rights of Indigenous People broader transformation it intends to co- and the Declaration Ac. [...] is unjust because it does not establish 11 In accordance with the Youth Custody Regulation, the length of a separate confinement period is determined by the continued existence of the grounds set out in section 15.1 of the regulation and the absence of a reasonable alternative to separate confinement, as determined by either the custody centre director or the provincial director. [...] We recommended The ministry told us that it conducted a that the review include the collection of data review of the IOU in March 2022; that the about which youth are subject to use of unit was decommissioned as of December force interventions, and the extent to which 1, 2022, and is no longer used to house the use of force is connected to the use of youth.