‘Some accused die in custody’ Lack of resources, limited space at Red Fish Healing Centre puts pressure on Coquitlam psychiatric hospital – Tri-Cities Dispatch

‘Some accused die in custody’ Lack of resources, limited space at Red Fish Healing Centre puts pressure on Coquitlam psychiatric hospital – Tri-Cities Dispatch

image supplied Amid worsening addiction and mental health crises, a dearth of supports is leading to a bottleneck at the province’s only forensic psychiatric hospital, according to a recently released report from B.C. Review Board. The board generally oversees cases in which an accused person is either unfit to stand trial or found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. The accused, many of whom are housed at Forensic Psychiatric H…