Crisis Centre North Bay
Administration Office
198 Second Avenue West
North Bay ON P1B 3K9
Nipissing Detention Centre
45 Pinewood Park Drive, North Bay ON
Voice: (705) 474-6488
Fax: (705) 494-9947
The Nipissing Detention Centre is a 10 bed youth justice residence for males aged 12 to 17 years. The Centre provides Open Detention and Open Custody services under the YCJA and the CFSA, for the Districts of Nipissing, Parry Sound, Muskoka and Temiskaming. All admissions are court ordered.
Young persons are admitted in order to:- Protect the community
- Ensure attendance at court
- Serve an Open Custody sentence
- A full range of life skills training on site and supervised in the community where possible
- Specialized programming that is geared to meet the needs of the youth using a cognitive-behavioural approach. Some of these programs include: character education, literacy training, anger management, substance abuse, effective problem solving etc
- The Near North District School Board provides an on-site education program staffed by a teacher and an educational assistant. All residents are required to participate in a full day program September through June, and a half day program through the summer months. The teaching staff liaise with the youth's home school in an effort to provide continuity of the youth's education plan. Earning credits and catching up on missed studies is often achieved in this smaller setting.
- Staff play an advocacy role for students, ensuring that they understand their rights and responsibilities and ensuring legal representation in court.
- Behaviour reports may be requested by the court or probation services