Okanagan Mayors Push for Oliver Correctional Centre to Become Mandatory Care Facility
Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas and Penticton Mayor Julius Bloomfield call for urgent action on community crises, including addiction and mental health issues.
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According to Global News Okanagan, mayors in Okanagan are pushing the B.C. government to convert unused capacity at the Oliver Correctional Centre into a mandatory care facility.
Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas and Penticton Mayor Julius Bloomfield have expressed concerns about community crises, including addiction and mental health issues, and are urging the provincial government to take action.
The mayors specifically point to the 401-cell Oliver Correctional Centre, which had an average daily inmate count of about 200 last year, as a potential location for the facility.