Archives for December 2012

Boot camps?

December 4, 2012 The Conversation (Australia) – Kelly Richards and Samantha Lyneham Ten-hut! Boot camps can’t replace youth programs Australia has just passed new legislation establishing boot camps for young offenders.  Two professors from the … [Read more...]

Provincial Correctional Responses to Individuals with Mental Illness in Ontario – A Review of Literature

This review, published by the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario in 2012, identifies key issues related the correctional systems’ responses to individuals with mental health conditions. The report concludes that the needs of this growing population are … [Read more...]

The plan all along – double bunking!

December 4, 2012   iPolitics – Laura Stone CSC poised to make double-bunking the norm, documents show Long time allegations and equally long time denials by CSC, the practice of double bunking is becoming policy, according to Stone.  “The … [Read more...]

Another Ashley?

December 3, 2012 BBC News:  Chris Page – Newsline Prisoner Ombudsman: Shortfalls in Frances McKeown's care Another preventable suicide, this time in Ireland, highlights the failure to provide effective mental health services to women. The case is … [Read more...]

Dig deeper

December 1, 2012   St. Catherines Standard - By Lynn McCleary Dig deep to find answers to mental health problems Lynn, an associate professor of nursing at Brock University, suggests that mental health problems are akin to rescuing babies in … [Read more...]

Mental health in prisons

November 30, 2012 Huffington Post (Canada): Dyanoosh Youssefi Should the mentally ill be put in jail?  Say one thing, do the opposite. That sums up the Canadian government's approach to the treatment of the mentally ill in the criminal justice … [Read more...]