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Corrections
Recommendation 19:
Police Services must create a provincial practice direction for police officers upon release of an accused, adopting the following recommendations of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association:
- police should make increased use of their power to release and ensure that any conditions imposed are constitutional and legally permissible under the Criminal Code.
- individuals released from police custody should be proactively informed of the procedures that can be used to vary police-imposed conditions under the Criminal Code; and
- police should release individuals under the most minimally restricting conditions available in the circumstance, taking into consideration an individual’s need to access shelter, social services, health care, and community, as well as the possible disability status of the individual, including addiction.
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Recommendation 5:
Parents play an important role in helping children go through the difficult experience of parental incarceration or conflict with the law. That role, however, is subject to some important caveats relating to the child’s safety, wellness, development, etc. It is important to support, as appropriate, the role of the incarcerated parent from the start of detention and after release.
Enhancing the Protective Environment for Children of Parents in Conflict with the Law or Incarcerated: A Framework for Action
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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2018
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Recommendation 11:
One must attempt to facilitate the exchange of information among those agencies, institutions, and services that are able to offer care and assistance to children of parents in conflict with the law. At the same time, the privacy protection measures guiding information exchange must be respected. In that way, organizations are provided with the mandate and capacity to collaborate and share information to provide a continuum of care to the children and their families.
- Remove obstacles that hinder outreach activities and the identification of children of parents in conflict with the law by those who can offer them support and assistance. This may involve re-examining, in the light of the principle of the best interests of the child, any privacy and confidentiality protection measure or other factors hindering information exchange and collaboration among and between agencies and significant community resources. For example, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act can be upheld through individuals and families controlling access to and disclosure of personal information through informed consent.
- Develop interagency protocols regarding the sharing of information in order to facilitate supportive interventions, or review existing cooperation protocols.
- Ensure that interagency protocols clearly specify the situations in which a guardian’s or a family’s permission to share information is not required, for example when there are child and adult protection issues.
Enhancing the Protective Environment for Children of Parents in Conflict with the Law or Incarcerated: A Framework for Action
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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2018
2018
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Recommendation 6:
Limit the role of the ERT/CEE teams to emergencies involving imminent threats of serious physical harm, such as hostage takings or riots. Ensure decisions to deploy the ERT consider the potential traumatic impact of the team on the prisoner and weigh the potential for psychological harm against the potential benefit of using this high level of force. Amend the Adult Custody Policy to reflect this.
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Recommendation 60:
Involve healthcare leadership in selecting and training officers for all treatment centres and mental health units.
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Recommendation 16:
Interview prisoners as part of primary and secondary use of force reviews. Provide them and their representatives the opportunity to make a written submission as part of the review process.
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Recommendation 83:
Interview prisoners as part of Correctional Investigator use of force reviews, particularly in cases where there is a need for heightened scrutiny (such as force against prisoners with mental health disabilities, force at treatment centres, uses of the ERT, cases involving potential misconduct, and force against prisoners who have been repeatedly subject to acts of force).
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Recommendation 75:
Interview prisoners as part of all regional and national-level use of force reviews.
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Recommendation 41:
Ensure post-use of force medical assessments include a determination of whether the prisoner has been adequately decontaminated, has received clean clothing and bedding, and has a clean cell.
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Recommendation 84:
Inform the prisoner when the Correctional Investigator use of force review identifies inappropriate conduct by officers and advise them of any findings or recommendations shared with CSC.
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