Hospitals Not Prisons

Hospitals Not Prisons

Hospitals Not Prisons There is an over-representation of individuals with mental health issues in Canada’s criminal justice system. It’s a counter-intuitive fact since we picture people who need health and treatment in hospitals, not...
Hospitals Not Prisons

The Criminalization of ‘Serious Mental Illness’​

The Criminalization of ‘Serious Mental Illness’​ The professionalization of mental illness allows the judicial system to diagnose and treat criminal behaviour. The ‘criminalization of mental illness’ is then repackaged as a social crisis offering a scapegoat to...
Hospitals Not Prisons

But What About Human Rights?

But What About Human Rights? It’s no secret that mental health and criminal justice has evolved into a growing topic of interest; a field of advocacy; an area of academic inquiry; and an item for electoral debate. But ideas surrounding mental health are often...