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CC 102 (28) Deaths in Custody

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During the Fiscal year 2012-13, the investigative staff:
*received ( 5,450, 5,000, 4,000, 500 ) complaints
*conducted more than 1,400 ( “use of force”, "use of violence", "use of parole" ) reviews & 165 reviews of deaths in custody (56 cases) and serious bodily injury, including self-harm cases and;
*interviewed 1,500 offenders

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more pressing issues has been unnatural deaths in custody (attract media & public scrutiny)

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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between 2003 & 2013 - 863 offenders died in custody - unnatural deaths range from 40 to 65

# of deaths increased from 49 in 2009 to 56 in 2012-13

2/3 of these deaths are natural causes

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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4 basic rationales used to protect society are: deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation & retribution

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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unnatural deaths in custody are usually from some form of violence (suicide, murder)

closely monitored facilities- deaths like (overdose) are a failure of the states duty of care

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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official data on unnatural deaths in custody:
of the deaths in provincial or territorial custody- % were due to suicide and % were from (unnatural causes)

*Approx. % were "other" (accidental, undetermined cause of death)

*out of 165 deaths in federal custody, % were suicides and 8% were murder while % was "other"

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Wobeser et al. found that deaths in penitentiaries, provincial prisons, & police cells

-over half (59%) of the 283 male deaths were due to non-natural causes such as suicide, accidental poisoning (overdose) and homicide

-male inmates much higher rate of death by poisoning and suicide and homicide than women

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  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Key findings:
(1) between 2000 and 2009, ( 388, 400, 350 ) completed cases of deaths in custody were recorded for the 3 provinces ( provincial, federal levels as well as police custody)

(2) British Columbia had ( largest, smallest, equally ) # (150 cases) followed by Ontario (141 cases) & Alberta (97 cases)

(3)In terms of gender, ( males, females, non-gendered ) were overrepresented, # of males who died in custody being 356 while female deaths were (32)

(4) deaths most frequently took place in prison, followed by hospitals *& in police custody (smallest #)

(5) the most frequent manner of death was ( natural causes, unnatural causes, other ) (181 cases) , 2nd was “suicide” (78 cases) and homicides accounted for less than 5% of cases

(6) analysis of causes of death revealed that 19.1% were drug /alcohol abuse (primary cause)

(7) just over 62% of those who died in custody had history of prior medical condition
(19.3% has multiple medical problems)
(23.2 % had drug related medical problems)
(22.9% had “mental health problems”)
(5.7% had multiple diagnoses of mental
health)

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