There are no secure treatment facilities in BC for youth, never have been, pre the YCJA under the old YOA kids would be arrested under some pretext, given a reside and abide and a curfew and then breached into custody
The one part of the story I don't understand is why this kid was homeless at 13, basically what had gone wrong at home, why wasn't she in care, this level of oppositional and addicted behavior is incredibly rare in a 13 year old, I wouldn't normally expect to see it until a kid gets to 16 or 17 and even then homelessness by choice is odd (bearing in mind this kid could walk into any social services office and ask to be put in a foster home and would be housed immediately)
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