Best practices and alternatives to solitary confinement
Friday, June 2, 2017 – Vancouver Convention Centre – Register for the conference at Eventbrite.
Agenda
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 8:50 Welcome
Aline LaFlamme, Métis Nation Elder
Jennifer Metcalfe, Executive Director, Prisoners’ Legal Services/West Coast Prison Justice Society
Stephanie Macpherson, Provincial Director, BC Corrections
Anuradha Marisetti, Pacific Regional Deputy Commissioner, Correctional Service of Canada
I. Where We Are Now: International Law, Ethics and Current Policy on Solitary Confinement
8:50 – 11:15
Howard Sapers, Independent Advisor on Corrections Reform to the Ontario provincial government and former Correctional Investigator of Canada – Mental Health and Segregation in Ontario
Dr. Terry Kupers, Professor Emeritus at The Wright Institute and author of Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It – The Mental Health Effects of Solitary Confinement
Jennifer Wheatley, Assistant Commissioner, Health Services, Correctional Service Canada – The UN Mandela Rules that Apply to Medical and Mental Health Professionals
Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin, Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia – Canadian Family Physicians and Solitary Confinement
II. Understanding Prisoners with Mental Health Issues
11:15 – 3:30
Dr. Diane A. Rothon, Medical Director, BC Corrections – Understanding Addiction: When Caring is Treatment
Lunch & small group discussions
Dr. Gabor Maté, Best-selling author and retired medical doctor – Prisoners of Childhood: Trauma and Mental Illness in Our Criminal Justice System
Dr. John Livesley, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia – Treating Personality Disorder and Associated Self-Harming Behaviour
III. Complying with the UN Mandela Rules: Best Practices for Mental Health Care in the Correctional Setting
3:30 – 4:45 Panel Discussion
Moderator: Benjamin Goold, Professor, Allard School of Law
Melissa Taylor, A/Executive Director, Regional Treatment Centre – Pacific, Correctional Service Canada
Dr. Maureen Olley, Director of Mental Health, BC Corrections
Dr. Diane A. Rothon, Medical Director, BC Corrections
Aline LaFlamme, Métis Elder
Jennifer Metcalfe, Executive Director, Prisoners’ Legal Services/West Coast Prison Justice Society
4:45 – 5:00 Closing remarks
Michael Jackson, Q.C., President, West Coast Prison Justice Society and Professor Emeritus, Peter A. Allard School of Law
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