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UNDER THE BARRED UMBRELLA: IS THERE ROOM FOR A WOMEN‐CENTERED SELF‐INJURY POLICY IN CANADIAN CORRECTIONS?
Author(s) -
KILTY JENNIFER M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
criminology and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.6
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1745-9133
pISSN - 1538-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9133.2006.00107.x
Subject(s) - charter , political science , public administration , service (business) , public relations , business , law , marketing
Research Summary: This article examines a chain of policy directives concerning self‐injury inside federal correctional facilities in Canada. Specific attention is paid to the impact of these policies on federally sentenced women. I argue that the Correctional Service of Canada's focus on risk assessment fails to address the needs of the women they confine. Instead, women's needs are reconceptualized as institutional risk factors. Policy Implications: Women who self‐injure are still routinely disciplined for their behaviour in Federal Canadian prisons through admittance to administrative segregation. This policy challenges two sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (s. 7 and s. 15) and must be changed. In this article, I will recommend a new women‐centered approach to replace current practice.