B.C. government releases full prolific offenders report, works on 3 of 28 recommendations

bringing back the prolific offender program that ran from 2008 until 2012.

“The Province continues to work through the recommendations with partners to identify how government can move quickly to implement changes to improve public safety for everyone,” the B.C. government said in a news release. The report notes there are two categories of prolific offenders. The first being its historical use, a small and stable group of people engaged in planned repeated property crimes. The second meaning is a more recent use, which is used to refer to people who are street entrenched who often have severe mental health and substance use needs, who are resorting to theft and petty crime.

The report says the pandemic and public health measures have had “devastatingly negative” impacts on residents in B.C., with research showing worsened mental health and the pandemic contributing to loneliness, substance use, suicide, disruptions in care, and financial difficulties. The number of people who received custodial sentences declined during the pandemic, with 15,284 admissions in 2019 and 9,165 in 2021, according to the report.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.While these numbers have decreased, BC Corrections and Correctional Health Services staff report an increase in the complexity of mental health issues of those admitted to custody.

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