In November 2020, “Solitary by another name: The ongoing use of isolation in Canada’s federal prisons” was published by the West Coast Prison Justice Society / Prisoners’ Legal Services. The report identifies ways that the Correctional Service Canada (CSC) continues to routinely keep prisoners in solitary confinement, or solitary-like conditions of isolation, sometimes for months on end, despite Canada’s claims to have eliminated the use of segregation. It recommends legislative limits on the use of isolation, care in community-based hospitals for prisoners with serious mental illnesses and increased funding for Indigenous-run healing lodges, and calls for an external review of staff culture at all levels.
3 search results
for
Government of British Columbia
Regarding structured intervention units
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.-
Category and theme:
Audience:
Groups affected:
Location of recommendation:
Regarding structured intervention units
Recommendation 23: We recommend legislative amendments to provide Independent External Decision Makers the power to order specific changes to a prisoner’s conditions of confinement and the power to investigate allegations of staff misconduct in SIUs.-
Category and theme:
Audience:
Groups affected:
Location of recommendation:
Regarding structured intervention units
Recommendation 25: We recommend that legislation be amended to provide Independent External Decision Maker reviews of SIU placements within five days, and every subsequent 15 days thereafter. Sufficient resources should be allocated to Independent External Decision Makers for them to be able to fulfil their roles.-
Category and theme:
Audience:
Groups affected:
Location of recommendation: