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| Prison system discriminates against women, says human rights commission |
| By Canadian Press |
| Published: 02/02/2004 |
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Major changes are needed to fix a prison system that routinely discriminates against women, says the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Aboriginal women and those with mental disabilities are too often over-classified as security risks and placed in isolation, says a report released last Wednesday. And seven maximum-security women are still being housed in a separate wing of a men's prison in Quebec - a situation the federal ombudsman for inmates has called "brutal." "Women prisoners continue to face systemic human rights problems in the federal correctional system," the commission concludes. "The correctional system needs to be more tailored to the unique needs and generally lower security risks posed by women offenders. Specifically, the correctional system should take a more gender-based approach to custody, programming and reintegration for women offenders." About 900 female inmates serving terms of two years or more are shortchanged when compared to job training and other programs for 12,000 male convicts, the report finds. It makes 19 recommendations for change, but Ottawa is not legally bound to follow them. |
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