Canadian Prison Consulting Inc.

02/10/2022

https://www.tvo.org/video/are-ontarios-prisons-in-crisis

Lee Chapelle, president of Canadian Prison Consulting Inc., gives us an update on how staff and inmates of Ontario's corrections system are faring under the Omicron variant.

06/29/2021

Pleased to see the safety protocols in place on site for professional visit at the Toronto South Detention Center today - prerequisite of goggles & double masking to enter the institution. Unfortunately, the pandemic is far from over within our jails and prisons.

05/26/2021

The adversities of the pandemic represent real opportunity. What better time for a strong look inward? To own and acknowledge the fact, we can and need to do better. It’s time to move forward with an openness to rational innovations, and, minimally, to restore the belief in the potential of rehabilitation. How cool would that be?! LSC

I’m the first to admit, the correctional system is challenging and complex. As a former criminal and inmate, I’ve met and lived with inherently violent, psychopathic and mentally ill inmates. A small number of which, for very real public safety reasons, should never be released.

04/28/2021

Time to reassess sentencing principals and the value of incarceration in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Was recently on TVO’s The Agenda, invited to speak to the recent report from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and others, raising concerns about the increasing incarceration numbers within Canadian jails and prisons, in correlation with the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to my desire to fles...

05/06/2020

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/a-second-inmate-in-a-canadian-federal-prison-has-died-of-covid-19-1.4926031

A second inmate in a Canadian federal prison—a man living at a Laval facility—has died of COVID-19, Correctional Services Canada announced Tuesday.

05/06/2020

Lee Steven Chapelle

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May 4
Kudos to CBC Radio for having Civil Liberties Lawyer
on to answer Canadians questions on constitutional, employment, labor laws & fundamental Human Rights during this unprecedented time. I feel they sure got the right person on the hot seat! Wed May 6, 2020 @ 8am
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Paul Champ

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I will be answering questions on CBC Radio this Wednesday between 8am and 8:30am about your rights under COVID. Or at least I will do my best, in this crazy upside down world!

It’s one of the big questions of this pandemic: What am I allowed to do under COVID-19, and what’s no longer permitted? If you have questions about your rights during the pandemic, CBC Ottawa wants to hear from you. It's for our weekly Q&A, answering your questions about how life has changed bec...

03/13/2019

https://www.tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/crisis-in-ontarios-corrections-system Good chat with on on the troubled state of corrections in Ontario. Tonight at 8pm.

The Agenda discusses escalating violence in some Ontario correctional facilities.

09/06/2018

Lee Steven Chapelle
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-ralph-goodale-presses-corrections-commissioner-to-better-meet/ … hmmm The right tone, possibly cause for optimism, but, as Canada's correctional investigator notes, the letter is very broad.“What may be missing in this letter is how those broad commitments will be translated into concrete action”

Minister encourages commissioner Anne Kelly to work with Indigenous partners to increase the number of community-run healing lodges and community-supported releases

08/03/2018

Ongoing work to rule by federal front liners (UCCO-SACC-CSN) - including less yard time & increased lock downs - throughout the summer of 2018 due to the employer cutting overtime hours.

Ontario Region Reception (J.A.U. - Assessment Unit on A&B side of Joyceville Inst.) remains heavily overcrowded. Limited beds available in the Ontario Region has led to the creation of a makeshift 4 month "Multi Target Program" - forced transfers out of Province and to Collins Bay (refusal results in threat of segregation).

Therefore, unacceptably, typical stays in J.A.U. prior to classification to mother institutions now averaging approximately 6 months. Ever since the closure of Kingston Pen, the CSC simply does not have the capacity to accommodate all of Ontario Region's federal inmates.

The Harper legacy lingers. Keep waiting for but am growing skeptical...

One bright note to share. J.A.U. is running a pilot project for Skype like video visits - allowing for families to see their loved ones without leaving home. Presently there is only one computer up and running and only during limited weekday hours, but it is noteworthy and a step in the right direction. LSC

On July 31, 2018, at about 2 p.m., a lockdown was put in place at the Assessment Unit at Joyceville Institution to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.

07/27/2018

https://t.co/Xs7eDn2IuV Most Cdn's, understandably, fail to see that a prison sentence without any effort at supports for change simply means a cycle of imprisonment & recidivsim. Bottom line; solely punitive containment is costly & does not equal Public

It’s time. That’s the point, right there. It’s time this province had a modern, purpose-designed facility to replace Her Majesty’s Penitentiary, one that can properly deliver modern services, security and a path to

07/27/2018

Retweeted Dan Cass ():

Our team, working with our community partners to improve care for patients with dementia and those with complex behavioural or social issues. The aim is to keep people healthy in the community, and to decrease unnecessary ED visits and hospital admissions. https://t.co/tTrPhEYYj4

07/27/2018

Retweeted Lee Steven Chapelle ():

Not to mention the unnecessary revolving door admissions into Ontario provincial Jails. Keep up the great work!