The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 22, 1997 - A7~

UNBC head sought

THE UNIVERSITY OF Northern B.C. is = A single-page biography of the nominee
looking for a new chancellor now that is needed as is the person’s address,
founding chancellor ona Campagnolo is phone number and names and signatures
nearing the end of her second, three-year of seven members of the UNBC Con-
term. vocation.

Nominations are welcome until Nov. 14 Members of the convocation are either
by writing to the Secrelary to the Univer- UNBC graduates or those who signed
sity Senate commitice at 3333 University petitions endorsing the idea of a norhem
Way, Prince George, B,C. V2N 4Z9, universily,

Modern age
house arres?

YOU CAN'T leave home without it, Actually, you can't
often leave home with it either,

It’s a device about the size of a deck of cards that at-
taches onto your ankle. And it means you are in jail,

The electronic ‘monitoring program (EMP) could be the
best kept secret in the field of corrections, But those who
tun the program in the northwest say it will hopefully be-
come more and more common in the future,

“I don’t think enough people are aware of the program,” ‘
says Dayle Bell, correctional officer in charge of EMP in
the northwest. A lot of lawyers don’t even know about it
yet”.

Electronic monitoring is a hi-tech form of house-arrest.
An electronic anklet, powered by a battery, is attached to a
prisoner’s leg. Meanwhile, a base unil plugs into a tele-
phone jack in the prisoner’s home.

Once activated, if the prisoner leaves the house, the base
unit alerts the corrections office computer to report the in-
fraction.

The unit is tamper-proof too,”’ says corrections officer
Rick Freeman, who sets up the unit in prisoners’ homes,

- “If you try to alter it in any way an alarm goes off.”” ‘
' The anklet is water-proof, so it can be worn in the

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those serving time to continue to work, go to school,
counselling or medical appointments and generally
maintain some contact with the community.

“But make no mistake, this is still jail. “‘A lot of people
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You’re stuck in your house, We sce a lot of people getting
cabin fever.’

That’s not to say ‘EMP prisoners can sit around drinking

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they get out of the house.’’

' The Terrace EMP office is responsible for home-
prisoners all over the northwest, from the Queen Charlottes
to Atlin and Burns Lake.

A total of 10 sets of anklets are in use across the region ” f . ©
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