2000: Role of women in corrections

Last updated on June 30, 2021

In comparison with their level of responsibility in the 1990s and earlier, women now staff and manage B.C. provincial correctional programs and services on par with men.

Former Assistant Deputy Minister Bert Phipps on emerging role of women staff in provincial corrections

Assistant Deputy Minister Brent Merchant on female staff in provincial corrections

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2000: Role of women in corrections

Former Assistant Deputy Minister Bert Phipps on emerging role of women staff in provincial corrections

Assistant Deputy Minister Brent Merchant on female staff in provincial corrections