Okanagan Jail

• COVID-19 outbreak at B.C. jail declared over, federal prison outbreak grows: Dr. Bonnie Henry

  The outbreak at the Okanagan Correctional Centre has been declared over.

  Health

  Apr 20, 2020
  
• Correctional officer violently assaulted at Oliver jail

  A correctional officer at the Okanagan Correctional Centre (OCC) in Oliver, B.C. was violently assaulted by an inmate on Tuesday.

  Feb 14, 2018
  
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• ‘State-of-the-art’ jail near Oliver can’t escape violence, drugs, weapons

  The Okanagan Correctional Centre near Oliver has been open for one year and while it’s a state-of-the-art facility it hasn’t escaped traditional jailhouse problems.

  Feb 9, 2018
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• B.C.’s biggest jail officially open

  The OCC is the biggest provincial correctional centre in B.C. and the first in the country to be built through a public-private partnership on First Nations land.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2016
• Your chance to get inside a jail without having to be arrested

  Most people in a provincial jail aren't there by choice.

  Crime

  Oct 7, 2016
• New Okanagan prison needs correctional officers

  BC Corrections and Justice Institute of BC are holding free information sessions to potential candidates this fall.

  Sep 4, 2014