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N.W.T. jails make initial changes in wake of corrections audit
By cbc.ca
Published: 10/06/2015

Making sure inmates get customized release plans and that corrections officers focus on seizing unsafe contraband are some of the initial ways the N.W.T.'s Department of Justice has responded to an audit of its correctional centres.

The report from Canada's auditor general, released in March, found that not all new inmates in territorial correctional facilities were being assessed to determine what kind of treatment or other help they needed. Sylvia Haener

Dave Ramsay, N.W.T.'s minister of Justice, told MLAs Friday, "every inmate is now receiving appropriate case management, including individualized release plans."

The auditor general's report also found that contraband was "an ongoing challenge" at the territory's facilities.

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