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3 published items
Practical Analysis · All Canada · Oct 11, 2026Care shouldn't disappear at the prison gate
Correctional Service Canada's release process addresses identification, medication and continuing services. The hardest transition can involve people whose care depends on several institutions talking to one another.
Practical Analysis · All Canada · Oct 11, 2026When a prison becomes a place of psychiatric care
Canada's Correctional Investigator says the setting itself can interfere with treatment. The question isn't only whether care is available, but whether institutional decisions allow it to work.
Practical Analysis · Alberta · Oct 11, 2026An involuntary admission doesn't erase a patient's rights
Alberta's Mental Health Act allows detention in defined circumstances and also provides review and treatment protections. Those safeguards are part of the institutional process, not an afterthought.