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West Coast Prison Justice Society
Recommendation 32:
We recommend that all correctional officers be required to wear body cameras that record video and audio whenever they are working in areas with prisoners.
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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 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.
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Recommendation 27:
We recommend legislative amendments to provide Independent External Decision Makers the power to order independent medical and mental health assessments, including culturally appropriate assessments for Indigenous and other racialized prisoners.
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Recommendation 8:
We recommend legislation requiring prisoners to be provided with clear and timely information on the reasons for the lockdown, the daily routine and the expected duration.
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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 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.
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Recommendation 24:
We recommend Canada significantly increase funding for Indigenous-run healing lodges and allow Indigenous communities to determine eligibility, in order to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous prisoners in SIU and in maximum security.
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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 23:
Use of force reviews should include a description of the prisoners’ evidence. When a prisoner alleges misconduct and the review determines no wrongdoing, the decisionmaker should include an assessment of the evidence and reasons for preferring one witness’s evidence over another’s.
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