Quebec detention centres haven’t adopted their own standards for complex cases: ombudsman

Quebec detention centres haven’t adopted their own standards for complex cases: ombudsman

A report released by Quebec’s ombudsman, Marc-André Dowd, warns that the provincial system of detention centres is failing incarcerated people with complex cases. In Human Dramas Behind Bars (original in French), the ombudsman warns that Quebec too often relies on coercion and use of force at moments when those reactions worsen the situation. With Quebec detention centres confining an increasing number of incarcerated people suffering from menta…