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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 16:
We recommend that Canada institute legislative time limits of 15 continuous days in an SIU, with an annual limit of 30 days.
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Recommendation 15:
We recommend that Canada and CSC amend their laws and policies related to medical professionals to be in full accordance with the Mandela Rules.
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Recommendation 17:
We recommend that Canada amend legislation to ensure that conditions of confinement in SIUs do not constitute solitary confinement.
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Recommendation 19:
We recommend that all prisoners in an SIU have access to a television in their cell within one day.
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Recommendation 13:
We recommend prisoners with serious mental illnesses be transferred to community-based psychiatric hospitals under s 29 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, where they can receive appropriate mental health treatment in a therapeutic environment.
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Recommendation 11:
We recommend legislation require that isolation for medical purposes be authorized by independent registered health care professionals, with reasons provided to the prisoner and their legal representative.
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Recommendation 26:
We recommend a legislative amendment to make it clear that health care considerations under s 87(a) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act take priority over the criteria for placement in SIU.
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Recommendation 22:
We call upon those who can effect change within the Canadian health-care system to recognize the value of Aboriginal healing practices and use them in the treatment of Aboriginal patients in collaboration with Aboriginal healers and Elders where requested by Aboriginal patients.
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Recommendation 33:
We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to recognize as a high priority the need to address and prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and to develop, in collaboration with Aboriginal people, FASD preventive programs that can be delivered in a culturally appropriate manner.
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