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Government of Canada
Recommendation 22:
We recommend that specialized therapeutic units be developed at each federal and provincial prison to address the unique needs of prisoners with mental health needs, as defined above. These units should be adequately funded so that they can be staffed with mental health professionals including nurses, social workers, counsellors, psychologists and psychiatrists as appropriate.
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Recommendation 22:
We recommend legislation be amended to provide Independent External Decision Makers the power to order that specific alternatives to SIU be implemented, including transfers under s 29 and 81 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.
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Recommendation 21:
We recommend that the definition of prisoners with mental health needs be broad and inclusive of prisoners with a spectrum of psychiatric and non-psychiatric needs, including developmental disabilities, brain injuries, depression, anxiety, insomnia, learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, antisocial or borderline personality disorders, and prisoners who would benefit from trauma counselling. The definition of mental health needs should include prisoners who, regardless of diagnosis, demonstrate significant functional impairment within the correctional environment.
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Recommendation 20:
We recommend that governments fund legal aid to provide prisoners with legal representation in SIUs in each jurisdiction in Canada.
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Recommendation 20:
We recommend that Canada and British Columbia fund the Correctional Service of Canada and BC Corrections sufficiently to provide at least half of the beds in each prison as therapeutic living units, on an ongoing basis. Legislation should specify that the number of therapeutic beds available must be sufficient to meet the mental health needs of the number of prisoners who are identified as having mental health needs.
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Recommendation 2:
2) Amendments to section 5 of the CDSA, which criminalizes trafficking and possession for the purpose of trafficking, to permit the sharing and selling of drugs for subsistence, to support personal drug use costs, and to provide a safe supply (i.e. “necessity trafficking”);
Decriminalization Done Right: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy
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Pivot Legal Society
Pivot Legal Society
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2021
2021
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Recommendation 2:
We recommend that Canada and British Columbia legislatively prohibit the use of segregation or separate confinement on prisoners with mental disabilities and youth under the age of 21.
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Recommendation 2:
We recommend legislation remedy the widespread use of isolation not specifically permitted by law.
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Recommendation 6:
2. Train, with regular updates, their personnel on any such plan of action formulated by them, including live training exercises.
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Recommendation 4:
2. To permit the Vancouver Airport Authority’s customer service agents to page from the public Meeting Area into the Customs Hall, and vice versa.
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