Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading?

How are women with mental health issues faring behind bars in Canada?

Very poorly, according to The International Human Rights Program’s new report Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading? Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading? Canada’s treatment of federally-sentenced women with mental health issues.

The report “concludes that the (Canadian) Correctional Service’s treatment of female prisoners with serious mental health issues is discriminatory, violates the rights to liberty and security of person, access to justice, and health, and in some circumstances constitutes cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.”

Read the report summary and download the report here.