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| Sapers: 'Chronic self-injury' by mentally ill female inmates met with security response |
| By ctvnews.ca |
| Published: 10/01/2013 |
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With the number of self-injury incidents among female inmates on the rise, a federal ombudsman says correctional services officials must treat these cases as mental health issues, not security concerns. Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers released a report Monday on the condition of women who attempt to injure themselves behind bars on Monday -- the same day the warden in charge of the prison where troubled teen Ashley Smith killed herself testified at an inquest into her death. Since Smith’s death, the number of self-injury incidents in federal penitentiaries has more than tripled, the report noted, with 901 incidents of recorded prison self-injury involving 264 offenders taking place in 2012-13. Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/sapers-chronic-self-injury-by-mentally-ill-female-inmates-met-with-security-response-1.1476546#ixzz2gTre9xm6 Read More. |
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