go into researching methods of living with all the stresses which have developed in today's society. The needs of youth were to be the number one priority.

CORRECTIONS - 1970

The Prince Edward Island Federation appeared before members of the Prince Edward Island Corrections Commission, under the chairmanship of Professor Barrington of the Crime Detection Laboratory of Ottawa, on November 6, 1970.

The presentation stressed the need in Prince Edward Island of a Family Court, and recommended that the judge of such a court be chosen for his special orientation in human relations, rather than his purely legalistic qualifications.

The brief expressed concern for juvenile probationers, youthful parolees, and youngsters manifesting behavioural problems, stressing need for more trained and semi~trained personnel in social work. Likewise, it emphasized the need for guidance counselling at the early grade level, where problems begin to manifest themselves and guidance can be of such benefit.

Recommendations were made for a correctional centre for young offenders, a special adolescent unit attached to the mental hospital, group homes where youthful offenders could spend time under a parental discipline, skilled and semi~sl<il|ed personnel to work with offenders, and community involvement.

Many of these ideas and recommendations were accepted by the Corrections Committee and were included in the Commit- tee’s recommendations to government. The government has since studied and acted upon many of these proposals.

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The two great barriers to progress are (a) being satisfied with things as they are, and (b) the belief that present conditions cannot be changed.

- L. A. DeWo/fe

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