Phase 1 (2002-2003) involves developing a It is anticipated that the project will involve two phases. It involves an examination of CRFs in Canada in order to discuss what works in community-based residential services and programs for federally sentenced persons in Canada. ![]() This multi-phase research project involves the participation of a National Advisory Committee and residential service providers throughout Canada, reflecting cultural, gender and profile specificity to achieve the goals of the research. In February 2002, SLSC and CSC, in collaboration with the Canadian Training Institute, initiated a research project on Canadian halfway houses. Research project: The effectiveness of halfway houses CCCs are minimum-security facilities whose primary roles are as transition centres, program delivery centres and intervention centres. Secondly, there are Community Correctional Centres (CCCs) which are government-run facilities. There are approximately 175 non-governmental CRFs that provide services to federally released male and female offenders. CRFs are funded through fee-for-service agreements with CSC, to provide a variety of services including accommodation, counselling, employment preparation and supervision of offenders. Firstly, there are nongovernmental privately run facilities, identified as Community Residential Facilities (CRFs). There are currently two primary types of residential facilities in the community for federal offenders in Canada. ![]() It was felt that the provision of a supportive environment, the basic necessities of food and shelter and assistance in securing employment, education and counselling services would facilitate adjustment to the community and thus contribute to the correctional goal of reintegration. They also assisted offenders in need of short-term supervision in a community residential setting. Leonards, John Howard and Elizabeth Fry Societies have each played a significant role in the growth of the halfway houses.Ĭorrectional halfway houses were initially designed to help offenders negotiate the critical transition from confinement to the community. Since the opening of the first halfway houses in the late 1940s and early 1950s 5, a number of organizations in Canada have provided accommodation, food, services and programs to ex-offenders. Our primary concerns were the gap in knowledge about halfway houses generally, the trend towards accreditation for programs and services and the lack of a framework which could be used by the houses to that end, and the need for the public to have access to relevant comprehensive information about these 175 non-government resources in our communities. Leonards Society of Canada 4 (SLSC) identified a lack of evidence-based research on what works in halfway houses. Yet, in the 26 years since Zeitoun arrived at his conclusion that we really do not know very much at all about our halfway houses, we have made little progress in gathering accurate and useful information about them. Residential services are a key component of this approach. According to the Correctional Service of Canadas (CSCs) Standard Operating Practices of Community Supervision gradual release is the safest correctional strategy for the protection of society 3. ![]() As a first step, it is necessary to establish a database that will: (a) provide current and continuing information on how community-based facilities function (b) allow for a more reliable tool for management to monitor the operation of the facility and (c) provide baseline information to assess the impact of releasing federal inmates on the institutional population, the criminal justice system and the public 2.Ĭanada has a strong history of involvement of the voluntary sector in the provision of transitional residential services to federally-sentenced persons on conditional release. Halfway houses for federal offenders: What do we know about them?Īt the present time, the state of the art does not allow an extensive evaluation of community-based residential facilities because of a lack of basic knowledge of how they function. This Web page has been archived on the Web.
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