The B.C. First Nations Justice Council has opened a new Indigenous Diversion Centre in downtown Prince George, B.C., which will offer some Indigenous people who commit minor crimes an alternative to being criminally charged.
The organization says it's the first of its kind in Canada.
During a grand opening ceremony on Tuesday, council chair Kory Wilson and Prince George RCMP Supt. Darin Rappel signed an agreement officially launching the program.
The diversion centre offers Indigenous offenders the option to participate in a 90-day therapeutic plan in which they
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