May 16, 2016 - A former prisoner who gave birth to her baby on the floor of an Ottawa segregation cell says it’s time to end long stays in segregation and make health care for inmates a priority, from providing drug addicts the methadone they need to making sure pregnant women receive the same care as someone who isn’t in custody.…Read More
JHSO in the News
May 3, 2016 - Sudbury will get three new jail guards and Northern Ontario 24 in total, provincial officials said Monday.
In a release, the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services said training for 24 new correctional officers for institutions across Northern Ontario is now underway in Sudbury.…Read More
April 29, 2016 - Women who spend time in an Ontario correctional facility can expect to live a full decade less than the Canadian average, just one of a slew of alarming figures contained in a new study of long-term mortality rates for provincial inmates.…Read More
April 25, 2016 - Forty per cent of Ontario inmates who were locked away in solitary confinement for 30 or more straight days – twice the limit permitted under the United Nations’ Nelson Mandela Rules – suffered from mental-health issues or other special needs, an analysis of more than 600 inmate records from the last five months of 2014 found.…Read More
April 21, 2016 - There are a lot of people in Canada’s jails and prisons, and many are among the unhealthiest in society.…Read More
April 21, 2016 -
Ontario’s health ministry should tackle a “growing health crisis” facing the province’s correctional institutions, according to a new report by the John Howard Society.
The report, released on Tuesday, urges the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care to take the reins on patient care away from superintendents.
…Read MoreApril 21, 2016 - On the same day the John Howard Society released a report calling for improved health care in provincial jails, a disabled inmate described in court how he was denied crutches and missed doses of his prescription medication at Ottawa’s notorious jail.…Read More
April 21, 2016 - Access to health care is, on the list of values Canadians hold dear, rather near the top, and while this right does not go away even if a person is sentenced to a provincial jail or spending time there awaiting trial, a new report from the John Howard Society details just how complicated it is for these Canadians to get access to treatment.…Read More