Status of Women committee  Could I comment?

Status of Women committee  Unfortunately, CSC's saying that women won't be placed in administrative segregation doesn't mean that women won't be placed in segregation or, in fact, in solitary confinement. Women are frequently placed on what's called “mental health watch”, in a segregation unit most often

Status of Women committee  Strip-searching has been a very large issue that we have begun to really try to address this year. Certain prisons are engaging in mandatory strip-searching after all PFVs—private family visits—and all escorted temporary absences out to programs, to church, and to work releases.

Status of Women committee  I can't, off the top of my head, find any instances where I've actually been involved in a case where that has happened. I'm not sure I could speak to the impact of having victims present or not. I know that most of the women I meet with are very remorseful and in no way reject

Status of Women committee  In part, it's due to the lack of oversight of CSC. CSC operates in a cloak of secrecy. There's no transparency. There's not even an independent review of these segregation placements at the moment, although the courts are starting to suggest that there must be an independent adju

Status of Women committee  We recently began moving away from using the term “Gladue reports”, because the woman after whom they are named never got the benefit of those reports, namely Jamie Gladue. Gladue reports, unfortunately, come at a point too late. They come at the point of sentencing. In our expe

Status of Women committee  My name is Savannah Gentile. I am the director of advocacy with CAEFS. I want to start by thanking this committee for taking the time to look into this very important issue. I, too, want to acknowledge that we are on unceded Algonquin territory. The B.C. Supreme Court recently

Public Safety committee  If I could just comment on your earlier statement about funding, on-reserve child welfare receives, on average, 38% less funding than elsewhere, so funding discrepancies exist as well that need to be addressed.

Public Safety committee  I would like to invite any of you to coordinate with the Elizabeth Fry Societies. We have regional advocates across the country who go into the prisons regularly. One of the major impediments to understanding what is going on inside, when you visit as a parliamentarian or as anyo

Public Safety committee  I agree.

Public Safety committee  Sitting beside Neal here, I really feel that's a question which he's better placed to answer.

Public Safety committee  Go ahead, if you feel so inclined, Neal.

Public Safety committee  Great. Thank you for having me. My name is Savannah Gentile. I'm the director of advocacy and legal issues with the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. I want to thank you for giving your time to these really important and pressing issues. In order to talk about in

Justice committee  I will look into that, yes.

Justice committee  Not necessarily, but even at roadblocks the way a racialized minority is treated may differ from the way a majority member is treated. Actually, what it might do is serve to just diminish the appearance of discrimination, but not actually the discrimination, so that's a concern.