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West Coast Prison Justice Society
Recommendation 20:
Amend the Adult Custody Policy to require managers to ensure all relevant video footage of a use of force has been preserved within 14 days (so that footage is not deleted).
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Recommendation 31:
Amend the Adult Custody Policy to require decontamination showers (unshackled and with soap, for as long as necessary for proper decontamination) and fresh clothing to be provided immediately. The decontamination process should be videotaped (with provisions made to ensure privacy is protected).
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Recommendation 44:
Amend s. 12(1) of the Correction Act to remove the authorization of force “to prevent property damage” and “to maintain custody and control of an inmate.”
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Recommendation 79:
Amend policy to require that post-use of force medical assessments include a determination of whether the prisoner has received clean clothing and bedding and has a clean cell.
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Recommendation 58:
Amend policy so that only healthcare staff can authorize and manage interventions to address self-harm and suicidality, including suicide smocks, observation cells and and Pinel restraints based on clinical need. Pinel restraints should only be used in psychiatric facilities.
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Recommendation 70:
Allow prisoners to have uses of force against them reviewed at the national level upon request and without having to go through the grievance process.
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Recommendation 49:
Adopt an explicitly trauma-informed approach to interventions.
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Recommendation 2:
We recommend legislation remedy the widespread use of isolation not specifically permitted by law.
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Recommendation 1:
We recommend that legislation prohibit the use of solitary confinement as it is defined by the United Nations’ in the Mandela Rules.
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