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... Nova Scotia has a population of 940 000; less than 25% of BC’s 4.5 million population. In 2001 the Central Nova ... in the Nova Scotia Youth Facility through the IWK Health Centre. An independent review of health services in ... for ways to improve the health of incarcerated women in BC, lessons can be learned from Nova Scotia, where the ...
... ] individuals were admitted to the correctional system in BC, of whom approximately 10% were female. Women in BC are incarcerated in either the federal or the provincial ... in one of two facilities in BC: the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women in Maple Ridge or the Prince George Regional ...