Warehousing Prisoners in Saskatchewan: A Public Health Appro

Warehousing Prisoners in Saskatchewan: A Public Health Appro

Postby Oscar » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:52 am

Warehousing Prisoners in Saskatchewan: A Public Health Approach

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by Dr. Jason Demers October 6, 2014

Our new report investigates the state of prison conditions in Saskatchewan.

"Warehousing Prisoners in Saskatchewan" illustrates how Saskatchewan boasts one of the most highly strained provincial prison systems in the country. SK prisons currently house “almost twice as many inmates as they were designed for.”

To accommodate this crisis, classrooms, gymnasiums, workshops, and visiting rooms are being converted into dormitories, and most of the province’s cells are being double bunked - with triple-bunking a distinct possibility in the future. The effects of this overcrowding on the living conditions of the inmates in these institutions are alarming. Through a series of interviews with government officials, prison justice advocates, former inmates and their families, Dr. Demers documents a series of troubling findings due to overcrowding in SK prisons.

Dr. Demers concludes the report with a summary of recommendations that could reverse the further deterioration of the provincial prison system.

View the entire report here.
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