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Experiences of mental health issues
Recommendation 38:
We recommend that Canada, British Columbia, the Correctional Service of Canada and BC Corrections amend their laws and policies related to medical professionals to be in accordance with the Mandela Rules.
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Recommendation 37:
We recommend that federal and provincial medical regulatory bodies and associations develop guidelines for medical practitioners who work in prisons to comply with the sections of the Mandela Rules that apply to health care providers. Specifically, guidelines should stipulate that health care professionals who work in prisons must not play any role in approving prisoners to be held in solitary confinement, must report to the warden if they consider a prisoner’s physical or mental health is at risk by continued solitary confinement, and must report the use of solitary confinement on prisoners with mental disabilities or solitary confinement of more than 15 days to the applicable regulatory College of Physicians, the federal Correctional Investigator or provincial Investigation and Standards Office, and the federal or provincial Minister of Justice.
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Recommendation 36:
We recommend that any prisoners in voluntary segregation or separate confinement due to mental health problems be offered additional mental health supports, and offered placement in a unit specifically designed for prisoners who have difficulty interacting socially with others, to be staffed by correctional officers and mental health professionals skilled at encouraging positive social interaction.
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Recommendation 32:
We recommend that all staff who work with male and female prisoners be trained extensively in trauma-informed care, and that a trauma-informed approach be implemented in all federal and provincial prisons.
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Recommendation 31:
We recommend that the Correctional Service of Canada and BC Corrections change their policies on how to respond to security incidents involving a prisoner in physical or mental health distress to a medical or mental-health response, with security staff present but not intervening unless necessary to prevent imminent harm.
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Recommendation 255:
3. developing and implementing policies for early detection of risk factors for families associated with mental illness…
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Recommendation 28:
We recommend that federal and provincial prisoners with high mental health needs that cannot be met within institutions be transferred to community-based mental health services. We recommend that such transfers be used when appropriate for women prisoners to ensure that they receive the care they need close to home communities.
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Recommendation 27:
We recommend that the Correctional Service of Canada and BC Corrections establish specialized mental health therapeutic centres in cities that have universities with medical and psychological programs, and develop partnerships with them in order to ensure that mental health programs are in line with current best practices, and that these centres do not face difficulties with recruitment and retention of quality professional staff. Mental health professionals in these centres should have oversight of the mental health units at each institution.
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Recommendation 26:
We recommend that the federal government amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations by removing the requirement that prisoners “requiring a high degree of supervision and control within the penitentiary” must be placed in maximum security. The regulation should instead provide that prisoners who require a high degree of supervision and control within the penitentiary, due to mental health problems, be placed in specialized mental health units that are able to meet their unique mental health needs.
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Recommendation 25:
We recommend that prisoners in specialized mental health units be offered at least 10 hours of out-of-cell therapeutic time per week, including opportunities for individual therapy. If refusal rates climb above 25 percent, additional individual therapy opportunities should be offered to maintain refusal rates below 25 percent.
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