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Canadian prisons must track mentally disordered inmates, advocates say
Monday, July 9th, 2012
July 08, 2012
Canada’s prison bosses don’t know how many federal inmates have been diagnosed with mental health problems. The Correctional Service of Canada has no system-wide tracking of prisoners with mental health issues, despite recent research indicating their numbers have roughly doubled since 1997… Without the baseline information of how many prisoners are diagnosed with specific mental health problems… the government can’t develop effective treatment programs or measure whether they’re successful.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, disabilities, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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