Module 4: Human Rights in Prison

Question 1

Identify and describe recent trends in Canadian correctional policies and practices and the resulting effects for incarcerated persons.

Answer 1

1) ideology vs Evidence
2) punitive rhetoric and human rights
3) using the profile of the prison population to advance the correctional agenda
4) Budget cuts go to programs and services available to inmates
5) imbalance between investment in security vs assisting prisoners.
6) Less focus on people skills and dynamic security
7) Corrections philosophy moving towards a model of law
enforcement and policing
8) Security responses to the detriment of therapeutic/medical
interventions
9) Aging infrastructure and prison expansion
10) Reluctance to endorse new technologies, except in the area of security

Question 2

Structured Intervention Units (SIUs)

Answer 2

A transformative federal correctional model that adopts a positive, intervention-based approach to address individual inmate needs for the safety and security of the institution.

Question 3

The CCRA and the Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations are the main
sources of law governing the day-to-day operation of federal corrections

Answer 3

true

Question 4

The CCRA and the Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations are the main
sources of law governing the day-to-day operation of federal corrections

Answer 4

true

Question 5

Prisoner rights

Answer 5

the right to life, liberty and security of the person

the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure

the right not to be subject to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment;

the right to freedom of conscience and religion, freedom of thought, belief,
opinion and expression;

the right to vote;

the right to equality before and under the law.