last week. Correctional centre praised THE AREA’S new correctional centre should help keep people out of trouble, attorney-general Colin Gabelmann said during the official opening of the facility Oct. 18. **This facility is well designed, Ii’s clean, modern, and it’s going to be enable both inmates and staff to have a much more effec- tive program development,’’ he said of the Terrace Community Correctional Centre. ~~ ‘That all leads hopefully to in- mates getting themselves sorted out and not ever needing to live in our facility again,” Gabelmann added, The $1.87 million facility at the end of a side road ‘behind the Petro Canada bulk plant opened in early summer. It replaces an old motel on Hwy16 used by the government since the tnid-1970s but long con- sidered inadequate. | “I think people who live in Ter- race. over the years, know what a terrible facility we did have at the old Blue Gables, on the high-— way,’ said. Gabelmann. . “When you have a poor facility it’s more difficult for staff and in- mates to do the kind of remedial rehabilitation work that they need to do,”’ he added, Representatives from various government agencies and com- munity groups attended the open- ing. The centre has 15 rooms for in- Mates —. %gl0 in- ene ‘sectio vei ingpther. ai ion. ‘Eachsis desigtiéd’ fo" fistd two people, making for a maximum capacity of 30, - Lo But the most comfortable p opi lation will be:24. . One of the five rooms away from the main section is bigger Modern | method © ONE PROGRAM contained in. .the mew correctional centre is’. electronic monitoring. Instead of jail time, an elsctron- ic anklet is attached toa person's "5 faot. during a visit here last week. The device ‘is ‘ever a person breaks conditions laid down as part of his sentence. : _A person, for instance,. may ‘be “allowed: to’ leave. his: house: fo work, Butif he fails to retum by a specific time, an‘‘alarm_ rings ‘in. the monitoring office of the cor-.' rectional centre. The device is in electronic con-— tact with a base unit in the. per- son’s house.-In; turn, that unit Js connected by.a: ‘phone line to the. monitoring office, “Tt can cost in. the provincial system $40,000 -$50,0K4) a: year. to’ keep an-inmale. ‘The electronic...” monitoring. device is very -in-. - expensive, we are talking about - hundred of dollars rather than’ ihousands of dollars,”'satd_ Gabe mann, 5 * “When the judge ‘senten someone to the that th ‘gourt has. set out,” he added. The inrtate is confined first “al, the correctional centre whefe, an” application to wear the device. Is” made, ©. = Upon © approval Inform such as the.person’s’ phone. nuit ber, address and daily schedule. is”. programmed in (othe device. “If they do leave. that, then it’s. as if they escaped, The moment. _ they do the electronic signal from the bracelet will alert the proba- tion ‘office, wit the poli¢e- Gabelmann. REGIONAL. CORRECTIONS official Rob Watts, left, has a few words with attormey-general Colin Gabelmann on the occasion of the Terrace Community Correctional Centre's official opening located ina hallway. activated when- .° - ; - front passenger air hags. No wonder MagicWagon outsells Ford and GM combined. electronic’ ° monitoring’ program; they would. - stay at tlicir home. 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