Absolutely. The first safeguard is to make release mechanisms and other options available. We cannot divorce that discussion. As long as there aren't viable release mechanisms, it's going to be very difficult to safely implement MAID in prisons. That's not a question. There have to be other options.
I'm not not in support of MAID. I'm not in support of MAID by itself. The first safeguard is that there have to be options and there has to be oversight.
I am very concerned about the lack of oversight that is currently associated with how MAID is implemented and the fact that there is no review of the MAID cases. CSC has no obligation to conduct mortality reviews and there don't seem to be any kinds of experts on the parole board to discuss other options when someone applies for release.