Osoyoos Indian Band to Partner in New Prison on Reserve

The Osoyoos Indian Band, one of the most business-oriented bands in BC under the dictates of chief executive officer Clarence Louie, will be further collaborating with the BC government and Corrections Canada to build and operate a new jail on reserve land.  This is despite the fact that Native peoples continue to be imprisoned at a rate far greater than non-Natives.

New Okanagan prison to go north of Oliver

Ground breaking ceremony for new jail on Osoyoos indian reserve, Feb 2012

Project will create up to 500 direct and 500 indirect jobs:province

By Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun, February 6, 2012

VICTORIA — British Columbia will build its next prison on first nations land, the government announced Monday as it unveiled a partnership that will see the construction of a 360-cell facility just north of Oliver.