1. Section 11 of the CCRA should be
amended to prohibit the incarceration of women in federal penitentiaries for
men.
2. Given the discriminatory application of s. 30 to
federally sentenced women, the CCRA should be amended so as to exclude
women from the application of s. 30.
3. A definition of administrative segregation should be
included in the CCRA. Administrative segregation should be defined as
confinement which restricts the entitlement to associate beyond that which is
provided to the general prison population. In addition, the Act should include
clear parameters for the use of administrative segregation.
4. Sections 33 and 34 of the CCRA ought to be amended
to provide for either of the two segregation review models proposed by the
Arbour Commission.
5. Section 37 of the CCRA should be amended so as to
remove the phrase "security requirements" and articulate a positive
obligation on CSC to provide sufficient dynamic/staff support and physical
structures which enable separated prisoners to exercise most of the
entitlements of the general prison population.
6. Section 16 of the CCRA should be amended to
provide that federally sentenced prisoners may only be confined in provincial
jails with their consent and on a voluntary basis.
7. Sub-section 77(b) of the CCRA should be repealed
and replaced by a new s. 77(b) that establishes a National Women's Advisory
Committee, chaired by CAEFS, to provide advice to the Service and monitor the
provision of correctional services to federally sentenced women in accordance
with domestic law and international agreements.
8. New provisions, similar to sections 79, 81 and 84 of the
CCRA, should be enacted to provide opportunities for federally sentenced
women to serve their sentences and be released on parole to community
organizations and facilities which provide services to women.
9. Section 87 of the CCRA should be amended to
prohibit its application in any manner that might disadvantage prisoners with
mental disabilities.
10. Sub-section 88(4) of the CCRA should be amended
so as to restrict the participation of prisoners in demonstration treatment
programs to those in which members of the public also participate. Such
demonstration treatment programs should also be administered and evaluated by
doctors external to the CSC Health Services.
11. Sub-section 125(3) of the CCRA should be amended
so as to delete "social history" from the factors to be considered by
the National Parole Board.
12. Sub-section 179(3) of the CCRA should be amended
so as to require that the Commissioner of Corrections and the Chair of the
National Parole Board are bound to act on a finding or recommendation by the
Correctional Investigator with respect to a breach of the law.
13. The CCRA should be amended so as to direct the
Correctional Investigator to report directly to Parliament.
14. The CCRA should be amended to include a new
provision which would entitle prisoners to apply to court for a reduction of a
fixed term sentence or, if the sentence is a mandatory minimum one, a
declaration that the sentence was illegally or unfairly administered.