The service at the Collins Bay Institution will be the third of its kind in Canada and the first in Ontario. Correctional Service Canada says it will save lives, but a union official says it presents staff with a moral dilemma.
The overdose prevention service at the Collins Bay Institution will be the third of its kind in Canada and the first in Ontario.
The goal is to save lives, limit needle-sharing and prevent the spread of infectious diseases, according to Correctional Service Canada .A 'moral dilemma' for corrections staff There were 23 overdoses or suspected overdoses at Collins Bay during the 2022-2023 fiscal year and 17 so far this year, the correctional service added, crediting staff with the fact none of the incidents were fatal.CSC's first OPS site opened in June 2019 at the Drumheller Institution in Alberta. As of February 2023, 68 inmates had been approved to use the facility and 1,732 visits had been logged.
The union official said the program ensures medical staff, not correctional officers, are on hand when drugs are used and there's a risk of overdose, which he believes will be safer for both staff and inmates.
One issue with the sites is that they're a physical location, which will only be accessible during certain hours. For example, the Drumheller site is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week, according to aKa Hon Chu said people don't use drugs on a schedule, referencing a 2020 report from University of Ottawa researcher Lynne Leonard who found there had been two non-fatal overdoses at Drumheller since the OPS there was set up.
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