BackTOWARD SERVICES THAT ARE BETTER ADJUSTED TO DETAINEES WITH MENTAL DISORDERS
Québec City, May 11, 2011 - The Québec Ombudsman's report on public services for detainees with mental health disorders was tabled this morning in the National Assembly. The report highlights the fact that mental health services in Québec were structured without due consideration for the detention community's specific features, and identifies major deficiencies in terms of access to and continuity of the health services and social services available to detainees with mental health disorders.
Among other things, Ombudsperson Raymonde Saint-Germain recommends that, as of April 1, 2012, the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux should take responsibility for dispensing socio-sanitary services in Québec's 19 detention facilities. She also recommends that a coherent clinical vision should be developed, and that steps should be taken to ensure more effective preventive action upon admission, during detention and upon release from a detention facility.
The press release may be consulted at http://www.protecteurducitoyen.qc.ca/fileadmin/medias/pdf/rapports_speciaux/FINAL_press_releaseSMD.pdf
The report is in the "Cases and Documentation" section of the Québec Ombudsman's website at: http://www.protecteurducitoyen.qc.ca/en/major-cases-and-documentation/special-reports/index.html.
Source: The Québec Ombudsman
Information:
Joanne Trudel, Communications Manager
418 644-0510
joanne.trudel@protecteurducitoyen.qc.ca
www.protecteurducitoyen.qc.ca
