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The Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (VIRCC) is a Regional Correctional Centre that is located in the District Municipality of Saanich Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada. It lies within metropolitan Victoria British Columbia in its northwest suburbs. The centre offers grief counseling to the family members of prisoners’ deceased victims. On October 26 1977 approximately 20 inmates took a prison officer hostage with a knife but released him peacefully the next day.