Canada's prison watchdog is slamming quality of care for mentally ill Prairie inmates in a report that reveals the number of "use of force" incidents in Saskatoon and Edmonton facilities were highest in the country. The report found the psychiatric hospitals are understaffed, with clinical staff-to-bed ratios at the facilities well below acceptable standards. "An internal use of force review suggested that correctional staff were stressed and burned out from supervising the patient. "All correctional staff — including those who are working in Regional Treatment Centres — are carefully recruited, selected and trained," the statement said. Bill C-83, if passed, would end administrative segregation and place inmates in units with more opportunity for human contact and programming, the statement said.

Source: CBC News November 03, 2018 12:56 UTC