JUS-2023-Spring-SessionBrief.pdf

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• non-legislative efforts by federal, provincial and territorial governments could include improved data, policies, practices, training, and programs in the areas of bail supports and enforcement

• initiated by a complaint from a community member, after which the SCAN Unit assesses if the complaint can be substantiated. The SCAN Unit takes action only on the basis of sufficient evidence

• restorative reintegration

• increase of $175,000 for Gladue Reporting

• $200,000 is now available through the Community Safety Planning program for each Yukon First Nation

• $825,000

• Integrated Restorative Justice Unit

• increase of $1,028,000 for the 2023–24 fiscal year for the Community Safety Officer (CSO) programs

• increase of $580,000 for the 2023–24 fiscal year to fund a legal aid clinic

• increase of $825,000 for integrated restorative justice services

• $258,000 for supervised housing services for justice-involved men and an increase of $357,000 for the women

• Reintegration Program

• new morgue and coroners’ office

• upgrades to the Whitehorse Correctional Centre surveillance camera system

• security system

• Law Society of Yukon processes

• separation of facility- based corrections and community corrections

• community-based justice programming

• community-designed and community-led restorative justice initiatives

• ublic engagement on expanding SART services across Yukon communities