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A task force on reforming the beleaguered Ottawa jail is reporting some short-term successes in its first quarterly progress report, released Thursday as jail staff were touring journalists around the facility.
The 13-member task force outlined a series of 42 recommendations in June to improve conditions at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on Innes Road, which has seen numerous issues come to light with overcrowding and tensions between inmates and staff.
On Thursday, the province reported implementing 11 of those recommendations, announcing progress primarily on short-term goals – a health care review, improvements in monitoring facility conditions and a full facility inspection – while saying it is “actively working to address recommendations requiring longer term solutions.”
The province may apply the findings of the report across all of Ontario’s adult correctional institutions.
A segregation unit is shown as officials conducted a media tour of the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre on Innes Rd. Wayne Cuddington / Postmedia
David Orazietti, minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, said the recommendations include “important changes that will improve conditions at OCDC for both staff and inmates … Our government is committed to continuing to work towards the implementation of all 42 recommendations, as well as to transforming Ontario’s correctional system in order to deliver the programs and supports necessary to successfully integrate offenders back into the community.”
One key recommendation saw the appointment of a provincial coordinator of inmate transfers. The reintroduction of the role in May saw “improved oversight and control, resulting in a reduction of the average daily bed utilization at OCDC to 87 per cent,” according to the report. While the average has improved, the jail is currently running at overcapacity at 102 per cent.
Ontario’s pre-trial custody project in Ottawa has also led to faster bail decisions, “helping to alleviate remand pressures at OCDC.” The Attorney General’s office said it is “moving to incorporate Gladue principles into the bail process, including through the development of a dedicated Indigenous Bail and Remand Pilot Program.”
Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said the government is “making progress … and we are determined to improve our bail system. Ontario is actively working on a province-wide bail action plan that will be ready by the end of the year. Both here in Ottawa and across the province, we’re moving forward on initiatives that will help balance the need for timely and appropriate bail decisions with protecting public safety.”
The province is also continuing work on implementing the step-down and mental health units recommended by the task force, with improved access to screening and assessment services, treatment and community outreach, clinical and psychotherapeutic support, and programs and community transition support.
The task force will report on details of the implementation plan and provide an operational timeline for the units in the next progress report, due by Jan. 31, 2017.
More to come.
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The 13-member task force outlined a series of 42 recommendations in June to improve conditions at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre on Innes Road, which has seen numerous issues come to light with overcrowding and tensions between inmates and staff.
On Thursday, the province reported implementing 11 of those recommendations, announcing progress primarily on short-term goals – a health care review, improvements in monitoring facility conditions and a full facility inspection – while saying it is “actively working to address recommendations requiring longer term solutions.”
The province may apply the findings of the report across all of Ontario’s adult correctional institutions.
A segregation unit is shown as officials conducted a media tour of the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre on Innes Rd. Wayne Cuddington / Postmedia
David Orazietti, minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, said the recommendations include “important changes that will improve conditions at OCDC for both staff and inmates … Our government is committed to continuing to work towards the implementation of all 42 recommendations, as well as to transforming Ontario’s correctional system in order to deliver the programs and supports necessary to successfully integrate offenders back into the community.”
One key recommendation saw the appointment of a provincial coordinator of inmate transfers. The reintroduction of the role in May saw “improved oversight and control, resulting in a reduction of the average daily bed utilization at OCDC to 87 per cent,” according to the report. While the average has improved, the jail is currently running at overcapacity at 102 per cent.
Ontario’s pre-trial custody project in Ottawa has also led to faster bail decisions, “helping to alleviate remand pressures at OCDC.” The Attorney General’s office said it is “moving to incorporate Gladue principles into the bail process, including through the development of a dedicated Indigenous Bail and Remand Pilot Program.”
Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said the government is “making progress … and we are determined to improve our bail system. Ontario is actively working on a province-wide bail action plan that will be ready by the end of the year. Both here in Ottawa and across the province, we’re moving forward on initiatives that will help balance the need for timely and appropriate bail decisions with protecting public safety.”
The province is also continuing work on implementing the step-down and mental health units recommended by the task force, with improved access to screening and assessment services, treatment and community outreach, clinical and psychotherapeutic support, and programs and community transition support.
The task force will report on details of the implementation plan and provide an operational timeline for the units in the next progress report, due by Jan. 31, 2017.
More to come.
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