The Elizabeth Fry Society in Saint John is committed to:
-remedy socio-economic conditions that contribute to involvement in criminal activity;
-assist women and their families in the Greater Saint John Community;
-assist women who are incarcerated provincially and federally;
-address underlying systemic or individual issues for women who are marginalized, at risk, or in the criminal justice system;
-create a supportive community, and to ensure that the women we serve are given the opportunity to participate fully in their communities;
-advocate for the provision of programs and services, and to develop such programs and services where they do not exist;
-to advocate for change and reform in the criminal justice system;
-ensure that individual rights of women are protected.
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ADVOCACY has been one of the main endeavors of E. Fry Saint John. Since 1987, as volunteers visitor at the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre, we have become aware of the ravages of addiction on the women and the presence of alcoholism in their immediate families. It appears that these people cannot readily access the services that exist in the community, or that they require treatment that is not available. Therefore, we have lobbied successive provincial governments for the past fifteen years to provide long-term intensive rehabilitation for the addicted people who are begging for help, some of whom have died for lack of treatment. Counseling and support are desperately needed for their families, who are victims themselves of this vicious disease, and might deter them from future involvement in criminal activity. It seems that politicians will only act when there is a huge public outcry to protest against a situation that is reprehensible and unjust. Please telephone or write to your member of the legislative assembly at P.O. Box 6000, Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1.