Regina Services
- • Institution/Visitation
- • The Community Program
- • Crime Prevention Program for Elementary School Students
- • Fine Option Program
- • Adult Community Service Order Program
- • Youth Community/Personal Service Order Program
- • Young Offender Extrajudicial Sanctions Programs (YOESP)
- • Stop-Lift
- • Young Offender/Victim Mediation Services
- • The Next Step Program
- • The Justice Literacy Website
- • Robert's Place
- • Stewart's Place
Institution/Visitation
This program establishes a base of community support for those who are serving time in either a provincial or federal correctional facility. The objective of the Institution/Visitation program is to aid the incarcerated, where possible, in managing pre-offence commitments and eventual planning for release. Release planning might include assistance with application for educational/employment programs, acquiring job search and readiness skills, as well as a variety of other requests, which may be presented by the incarcerated person and/or his family.
The Community Program
This program provides support services to people released from institutions as they endeavor to re-establish themselves in the community. We provide assistance/direction and advocate for those who may currently be "caught up" in the justice system (i.e., managing current charges and court dates). The program also serves as a referral service to those in the community with specific needs such as family counseling, anger management, addiction control, debt management, educational development and assistance to victims of crime, and offers assistance and provides information in preparing pardons and bonding concerns.
Crime Prevention Program for Elementary School Students
This program is aimed at reducing the likelihood of children becoming involved in criminal activity such as shoplifting and vandalism. It is our belief that crime can be reduced through educational programs that address social issues such as peer pressure, shoplifting and vandalism.
Fine Option Program
This program offers an alternative to the payment of a fine by providing an individual with the option of working a fine off through volunteer service. This work is performed at a non-profit, charitable, community based organization. Upon completion of the required hours, the Court is notified and the fine is considered paid.
Adult Community Service Order Program
This is a formal Court Order that requires the responsible party to perform a specified number of community service hours. Cash payment is not an option unless the sentencing judge overturns the order. The courts use this type of order as an alternative to incarceration and as a condition of probation.
Youth Community/Personal Service Order Program
Upon conviction of an offence, youth are ordered by the Youth Court Judge to work a number of hours (maximum being 240 hours) at a designated non-profit agency in the community. The responsibility of the John Howard Society is to administer the program, assign the youth to a suitable agency and to report to the Department of Corrections and Public Safety (CPS) as to each youth's progress.
Young Offender Extrajudicial Sanctions Programs (YOESP)
YOESP are provided in the City of Regina, and in the rural areas of Regina Beach, Lumsden, Southey, Govan, Duval, Silton, Bulyea, Estlin, Gray, Riceton, Markinch, Earl Gray, Strasbourg, and Craven.
Stop-Lift
This program is designed specifically for young people, between the ages of 12 - 17 years, who have been charged with shoplifting under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The primary focus of the program is educational, using a structured group process. The aim of the one-day educational session is two-fold: (1) to create awareness in the young person of the effects of his or her actions on, the victim, themselves, the community, and society at large. (2) to provide an opportunity for the youth to reflect on his or her development, discuss values and issues such as self-esteem, peer pressure and decision-making skills.
Young Offender/Victim Mediation Services
This program focuses on the restoration of good relations between the youth, the victim and the community. Our process enables participants to explore issues of accountability, the impact of their behaviors on others, the needs of the victim and youth, as well as their rights and responsibilities as members of the community. Agreements arising out of this process allow youth to make amends to victims and address the issues, which may contribute to recidivism. Our program is offered both in the City of Regina and rural.
The Next Step Program
This program is an alternative to custody for youth 16 to 19 years of age that are neither attending school or employed. The average length of the program is 90 days, but may be extended depending on the youth's needs. The program offers youth a means to learn the skills necessary to plan to return to school or to obtain employment and of primary importance, to avoid further conflict with the law.
The program offers a variety of activities to young persons:
- Life skills
- Community Service Work - Delivery of "Good Food Box" Program
- Work Projects
- Leisure/Recreational Skills Development
- Literacy
- Cultural Activities
- Food Preparation and Handling
- Employment Readiness Life skills
- NA Meetings (Narcotics Anonymous)
The Justice Literacy Website
The John Howard Society-Regina Council, in partnership with the National Literacy Secretariat and Zoot Capri Productions, is pleased to announce the revision and re-release of our educational products and services that resulted from the Justice Literacy Assessment and Awareness Project. We invite you to browse our Web site and have a look at what we have to offer!!
Our upgraded products and services include a highly acclaimed e-learning training component that examines limited literacy and its interconnection with criminal activities and behaviours. It then discusses how people with low or limited literacy skills are seriously hindered as they go though the Canadian Criminal Justice System. The Justice Literacy Indicator (JLI) Tool is then offered as a viable solution to identify people with limited literacy skills as they enter the criminal justice process. A quickly administered, simple word based test (the Justice Literacy Indicator - the JLI), can determine a person's grade level estimate and offer recommendations that will help justice and social services practitioners ensure that their client/offender's "right to understand" is not compromised during judicial proceedings.
Our training package discusses justice/literacy issues and teaches people to use the Justice Literacy Indicator as a part of a solution. The training is offered in a variety of ways. A person can go on-line and complete this interactive e-learning for their individual professional development. Learners can download the workbook and independently work through this 'hard copy' in their own time and at their own pace. The workbook can also be presented and used as a workshop. In this case, instructors/facilitators should view the workbook, either on-line or in a 'hard copy', to increase their own awareness of the curriculum content. Workshop facilitators may then wish to download copies of the workbook for use by participants when they present the workshop.
As a person working in the field of justice or literacy training, we are certain that you will benefit from knowing more about the serious nature of limited literacy and its effects on criminal activities and behaviours. By embedding this kind of training and testing into your agency's initial client assessments, agency staff can take the steps necessary to ensure that their client's 'right to understand' is not compromised.
Robert's Place
Robert's Place provides housing for male youth aged 12-15. The youth that live in the house are in Care of the Minister of Social Services and must be attending school.
Stewart's Place
Stewart's Place provides housing for male youth aged 16-18. The youth that live in the house are in Care of the Minister of Social Services and must be attending school or working.