CRM 306 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Louise Arbour, Healing Lodge, Legcuffs
30 Nov 2016
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Defining events in women"s corrections have all occurred in federal correctional facilities. More women are being admitted to custody for violent crimes. 1/10 women are gang-affiliated compared to 1/6 for men. Most of the materials on women"s corrections are on federally sentences women (fsw) and little is known about women in provincial/territorial corrections. Two reports have had a significant impact on corrections policy for fsw: 1) creating choices produced in 1990 by the task force on federally sentenced. This examined correctional policies and programs for federal women offenders: its recommendations were: That a separate system of corrections be created for women. To close kingston prison for women (happened in 2000) Small regional facilities to be built for women, including a healing lodge for aboriginal women. That the csc appoints a deputy commissioner for women: 2) arbour report - produced by madame justice louise arbour. It was precipitated by an incident in 1994 at kingston prison, which is now closed.
