In December 2018, Pivot Legal Society published their comprehensive study, “Project Inclusion: Confronting Anti-Homeless and Anti-Substance User Stigma in British Columbia.” The report examines the ways in which specific laws and policies in policing, health care and the court system directly undermine the health and safety of people who are homeless and living with substance use issues by trapping them in a cycle of criminalization.
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Recommendation 9: The Director of Police Services must work with the Independent Investigations Office and the Coroners Service to audit deaths and serious injuries in city cells in BC over the past 10 years, including an analysis of race, disability, housing status, and gender, and, make the findings and recommendations for reform publicly available.-
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