Flight Risk: Gang Members and Immigrant Detainees

flight risk: In addition, a community supervision program will be developed for released detainees, according to Vancouver Observer. Goodale announced the details Monday during a visit to the aging Laval facility. The federal government will also move ahead with plans to expand the range of alternatives to locking up immigrants, with the aim of making detention a last resort, said Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. The Canada Border Services Agency holds people who are considered a flight risk or a danger to the public and those whose identities cannot be confirmed. Newcomers are often held in provincial jails or police facilities alongside suspected gang members and violent offenders. The Canadian Red Cross Society has found numerous shortcomings at facilities for immigrant detainees, including overcrowding and lack of mental health care. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.