Thank you for that.
Our women's correctional programs are designed to be responsive to the unique needs of women, which is in keeping with the key principles of the CCRA.
Both the women offender correctional model and the indigenous stream are in line with the principles that are found in “Creating Choices”, a report issued by a task force in 1990 that came up with five key principles that govern women's corrections. For women, they provide a continuum of care right from intake through to sentence expiry. They really help them to improve their skills and knowledge and how to recognize unhealthy relationships and how to build healthy relationships.
Research demonstrates that the IWOCP and the WOCP have been effective in helping women overcome the issues that brought them into the criminal justice system. We—