Women Offenders

A plaque with photo of Doris and text that says The Doris Fortin Programs Wing

Doris Fortin’s legacy of innovative women offenders programs

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When Doris Fortin started as a correctional officer in 1984, women offenders had the same correctional programs as the men.

Planter full of pink, yellow and white flowers.

Planting seeds of change

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Over the past three years, Edmonton Institution for Women’s (EIFW) gardening project has blossomed. What started as a small patch of vegetables has grown to over a dozen raised boxes, a medium sized plot, a few greenhouses, and composting stations—thanks to a group of offenders with green thumbs.