Records of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Corrections Branch
- GR-3670
- Series
- 1979-1997
The series consists of memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, discussion papers and correspondence created and received by the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Corrections Branch of the Ministry of Attorney General. The records were created between 1979 and 1997, and document the functions of the Branch. In particular, the records provide evidence of the administration of the Corrections system and the experiences of inmates. The series includes letters of complaint from inmates housed in correctional facilities across BC as well as correspondence and reports on various incidents, such as cases of self-harm, attacks by other prisoners, and the Oakalla prison riot. The series also provides evidence of programs administered by the Corrections branch, including probation, supervision and monitoring, recreational activities for inmates, and meal planning at correctional facilities.
The majority of the records were arranged by a coding system used by the Corrections branch, although this was later replaced by the ARCS/ORCS system in use today. Larger accessions were arranged in several batches based on the date that records were sent off-site. In most cases, the archivist did not physically rearrange the records, but intellectually arranged the file list so that all related records are collocated as they most likely would have been in the office of origin. Records arranged by ARCS/ORCS number have been placed towards the end, along with chronological correspondence files and uncoded subject files.
British Columbia. Corrections Branch