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Protecting their rights a systemic review of human rights in correctional services for federally sentenced women

The reports' main finding is that the correctional system needs to be more tailored to the unique needs and generally lower security risks posed by women offenders. Specifically, the correctional system should take a more gender-based approach to custody, programming and reintegration for women offenders. The report puts forward 19 recommendations for action and sets out guiding principles to ensure that the treatment of federally sentenced women is consistent with human rights laws: federal women prisoners have a right not to be discriminated against and a right to correctional services as effective as those received by men; equality must be based on the real needs and identities of women inmates, not on stereotypes or generalizations; Correctional Service Canadas ̉duty to promote and protect the human rights of women means that it must take into account the fact that some of the reasons women offend, their life experiences and their rehabilitation needs are unique.

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