Human Rights Violations In Prisons

This letter is about stopping the human rights violations of severely mentally ill immigrants by detaining them in prisons for an unspecified amounts of time. The Canadian Border Services Agency and the Immigration and Refugee Board are claiming incarceration is being used to prevent “flight risks” or “a threat to public safety”. The effects on the incarcerated are not even considered even though The national institute of mental health status “Most Severely Mentally ill are not violent” and “Most violence is not done by the mentally ill, and are more likely to be the victims”

So why then are these mentally ill immigrants being shipped off to prison. Immigration Canada claims the health care in the prisons is exceptional and better than they can give. If the health care in prisons is exceptional then why are the detained showing symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, lack of concentration, early signs of schizophrenia, loss of memory and various other symptoms. When suicidal thoughts are voiced the mentally ill are placed in isolation rooms. Only the most severely mental ill immigrants receive medication or treatment. In
And not to a mental hospital that could lower the threat to public/flight safety and possibly remove it. And also have mentally ill immigrants be screened by psychiatrists to see if they really are a danger. Therefore the mentally ill should be allowed to have proper care whether it is communal based treatment or a mental hospital. The prisons are just an unneeded addition to a problem that is already sophisticated enough. However the violations of human rights must be dealt with as soon as possible for the public includes the mentally ill and other immigrants. So if the mentally ill’s rights are being violated what about the remaining parts of