The only secure treatment facility in Nova Scotia for youth in care is once again the spotlight this week, as a court of appeal hearing examined how youth are sent to the facility—and whether the care they receive there can be truly expected to meet their needs. Wood Street Secure Care is where youth in […]
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Nightmare at Wood Street
Some young offenders hate the province’s only secure care facility so much, they’d rather be in juvie. Nova Scotia legal aid attorney Paul Sheppard says at a hearing last month, one of his clients being held at the Waterville youth jail was offered a deal: sign a form promising good behaviour and go free. But […]