How court-imposed conditions set people up to fail

Relevant policing stakeholders must update database systems, e.g. PRIME-BC, to:

Recommendation 21: Require that all police-imposed conditions are electronically registered, including:

1. the date of imposition;
2. the date or causal mechanism by which the condition will expire;
3. the specific content of the condition; and
4. the underlying reason for imposing the condition.

How court-imposed conditions set people up to fail

Relevant policing stakeholders must update database systems, e.g. PRIME-BC, to:

Recommendation 22: Ensure that PRIME-BC can be searched to track all police-imposed conditions in the aggregate, rather than only being tied to an individual’s file.

Service gaps and barriers

Recommendation 29: The Legal Services Society of BC must provide legal support for appeals where a person has been denied income assistance or disability assistance.

Operationalizing stigma-auditing

Recommendation 32: In consultation with experts, including human rights law organizations, trauma specialists, and people with lived experience, the Province of British Columbia should adopt a standardized tool and training protocol for conducting “stigma audits” of current laws, policies, and regulations in BC, and to inform the development of new laws, policies, and regulations.

Operationalizing stigma-auditing

Recommendation 34: In its first year in operation, the BC Human Rights Commission should prioritize stigma-auditing areas of law and policy that most directly impact highly stigmatized populations, including, but not limited to:

• public space governance;
income assistance and disability policy;
• housing policy and residential tenancy law;
• child welfare law and policy;
• policing law and policy;
• health policy related to mental health and substance use; and
• privacy law as it relates to people who live in public space and people who are criminalized as a result of substance use.