A new Greater Victoria housing project for individuals promises to reduce recidivism, but the need for the program exceeds supply.
Counting correctional services in B.C. alone, some 1,600 individuals find themselves in custody. B.C. Corrections also supervises more than 17,000 individuals following their release into their respective communities. These figures do not include inmates in federal prisons. He added that housing represents only one part of the puzzle."One of the pieces that we're seeing is, it's not just housing, it's the wrap-around services that are needed."
"These are the kinds of places we need to support, to wrap around, to connect and love folks in our community who need it and this housing will do it."
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