Tag Archives: appropriate treatment

Stemming the tide of death after release from jails and prisons in Canada
By Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Stephen Hwang

The tragic stories of Ashley Smith, Edward Snowshoe and other inmates who have died while in Canadian correctional facilities have rightly made headlines around the country.

Missed opportunities Missed opportunities
By Stephen Hwang and Fiona Kouyoumdjian

About 1 in 200 Canadians is detained or incarcerated in jail or prison every year. Most of these individuals are dealing with both serious medical problems and difficult social situations and often lack good access to health and social services in the community

Missed opportunities Missed opportunities
By Stephen Hwang

We need to recognize that Canadians in prisons have the right to the same standard of health care and level of service as people in the community, regardless of what crimes they may have committed or what lifestyle choices they have made.

Kouyo-HwangPosterMay22.15 Missed opportunities
By Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Stephen Hwang

Jail and prison offer a unique opportunity to access an often marginalized population, to provide needed health treatment and services, and to link people with community-based care and programming.

Missed opportunities
By Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Stephen Hwang

The Correctional Investigator of Canada — Canada’s top prison watchdog, Howard Sapers — will soon be leaving his post at the request of the federal government as they exercise their right to appoint a replacement.

We have built a sickness care system rather than a health system Our healthcare system designed for the convenience of practitioners, not patients
By André Picard

Why is it so hard to get help for mental illness in Canada

February 24, 2015

In Canada, only one in five people with depression gets appropriate treatment. And in Ontario, only one in three patients discharged from psychiatric hospitalization will get a follow-up within the month. Why is Canada doing so poorly in helping people with mental illness?