The Department of Corrections has purchased a property at 14 Bristol St in St Albans for an offenders anti-violence programme and applied for resource consent.

The proposed facility would house up to 16 men undergoing a 14 to 16-week anti-violence programme. They would be electronically monitored, watched by CCTV and supervised by Corrections staff.

Please be assured SMC has been in discussions with the Christchurch City Council about the proposed facility and we will be lodging our concerns. 

The consent will be publicly notified in early 2021, giving all a chance to voice their views.