Correctional Health Services

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Correctional Health Services provides health care to people incarcerated in BC's provincial correctional facilities. This care includes mental health and addiction care. We also support our clients as they transition back to community-based care.

Our services

10 provincial correctional centres in BC

Health services for people in custody

We provide health and mental health assessments and care to people admitted to BC's correctional centres. We make sure our clients receive the same quality of care as they would in the community.

About health services for people in custody

10 teams in BC

Community Transition Teams

There are ten different community transition teams around the province. They support care, coordination and transition support for people leaving provincial correctional centres.

About community transition teams

Careers

About correctional health services careers

Contact us

Correctional Health Services - Administration
1795 Willingdon Avenue
Burnaby, BC V5C 6E3
Phone: 604-829-8657

From clients to champions: Recognizing our peer support workers

Community Transition Teams highlight the crucial services provided by peer support workers, who support our clients and staff through the power of their own personal journeys.

25 Oct 2023

News release

23 Nov 2022

More overdoses can be prevented with interventions for people leaving correctional centres who use stimulants

People with a history of stimulant use disorder face an increased risk of overdose and overdose death following release from provincial correctional centres.

23 Nov 2022

Feature

27 Oct 2022

Improving health outcomes for people in corrections

Researching the transformation of prisons into therapeutic settings.

27 Oct 2022

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Correctional Health Services