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West Coast Prison Justice Society
Recommendation 67:
Report all uses of force involving potentially inappropriate or unjustified force, or force resulting in injury to the prisoner, to police.
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Recommendation 45:
Provide the Investigation and Standards Office with the mandate and with increased funding to review and publicly report on all uses of force in BC Corrections facilities.
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Recommendation 76:
Provide prisoners and their counsel the opportunity to see video of uses of force against them upon request. Provide officers’ observation reports and a copy of all use of force reviews without requiring a Privacy Act request from the prisoner.
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Recommendation 64:
Provide healthcare independently of CSC through partnerships with provincial health ministries in order to ensure full clinical independence.
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Recommendation 87:
Provide funding to allow federal prisoners to be accommodated at provincial psychiatric hospitals when they require this level of care.
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Recommendation 18:
Provide all use of force reviews to prisoners when they are complete.
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Recommendation 63:
Provide 24-hour nursing care at all maximum and medium security and multi-level institutions. This will ensure medical staff are always available to respond to mental and physical health crises. It also ensures post-use of force medical assessments can happen at any time of day or night.
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Recommendation 22:
Prisoners who are repeatedly subject to force should have all subsequent uses of force automatically reviewed by the Force Options Coordinator and, if appropriate, by the mental health expert mentioned in recommendation 13.
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Recommendation 1:
Prioritize trauma-informed practice, de-escalation and peaceful resolution throughout the use of force policy and related policies.
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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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