Clean switch : Pour changer net : argumentaire en faveur de programmes d'échange de seringues en prison au Canada

Although the initial evaluations conducted by CSC indicated that the program may have reduced the risk of transmission of HIV and HCV and resulted in cost savings in the long run,35 the project was terminated by the Minister of Public Safety in late 2006.36 At the time of publication, the final evaluation report had yet to be released publicly. [...] The CCRA obligates the federal correctional system to contribute to the maintenance of a just, peaceful and safe society by “carrying out sentences imposed by courts through the safe and humane custody and supervision of offenders,”90 and also requires the CSC to “take all reasonable steps to ensure that penitentiaries, the penitentiary environment, the living and working conditions of inmates and [...] Section 2 of the CCRA defines an “intoxicant” as “a substance that, 12 Clean Switch: The Case for Prison Needle and Syringe Programs in Canada NSPs in the community, the significant number of individuals who inject drugs in prison, the high prevalence of HIV and HCV in prisons, and the endorsement in the CCRA of the principle of retaining all rights and the principle of equivalence, CSC’s failure [...] Canadian Constitutional Law I. The rights to life, liberty and to security of the person: Charter, section 7 Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) protects everyone’s right to “life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.” 103. [...] To establish an infringement of section 7, one must demonstrate: a) an interest protected by the right to “life, liberty and security of the person”; b) a “deprivation” by the State with respect to that interest; and c) that the deprivation is contrary to the principles of fundamental justice.104 In addition, in applying the Charter’s protection of life, liberty and security of the person, courts