structured intervention units • Attend individual counselling sessions with Elders/ SIU oversight Structured Intervention Units (SIUs) were What are SIUs? ? Spiritual Advisors or a Chaplain. launched on November 30, 2019, bringing • Engage in indoor/outdoor exercise. transformational and historic changes • Two external oversight bodies were put in place: to federal corrections. Administrative and Safety and security: an area in an institution where • Access to organizations, visitors and volunteers. an inmate can be transferred, based on legislative criteria, if • Independent External Decision Makers (IEDMs); and disciplinary segregation were eliminated and no they cannot be safely managed in a mainstream population. longer exist in federal correctional institutions • An Implementation Advisory Panel (IAP) in Canada. Engagement: focuses on addressing an inmate’s Addressing an inmate’s • IEDMs review inmate cases on an ongoing basis, needs and risks where they continue meeting the objectives health needs in real-time, and provide recommendations related SIUs are operating at 15 sites across the country. set out in their correctional plan. It uses a positive, to an inmate’s conditions and duration of confinement. constructive approach. • The decision to place an inmate in an SIU is based on an Their decisions are binding. assessment of the inmate’s circumstances and needs, Atlantic Region • Correctional Investigator is also providing oversight Interventions focus: inmates get targeted including any health care needs. • Atlantic Institution • Nova Institution for Women of federal corrections. interventions/programming and required health services • Inmates in SIUs have access to essential health based on their unique needs and risks. services, including mental health. Quebec Region • Health care professionals may also recommend that Transition and reintegration: the goal is to • Donnacona Institution • Joliette Institution for Women the conditions of confinement be modified or that the Challenges and Opportunities get inmates what they need to be able to return to a inmate be removed from the SIU for health reasons. • Port-Cartier Institution mainstream population as soon as possible. • Regional Reception Centre • Health professionals assess the health of inmates: • Identifying and implementing operational actions that (Special Handling Unit) help to sustain cultural change, such as additional Continuity: it is about shifting mindsets and behaviours to ensure a safe, secure and healthy correctional environment. training, awareness and education. Ontario Region • Within 24 hours of being • Sharing best practices across the country. transferred to an SIU. • Millhaven Institution • Grand Valley Institution • Working to achieve data stability and integrity, for Women What does it look like? • Inmates in SIUs receive daily health care visits by a registered and aligning new business requirements with 24 health professional and a mental technology systems. Prairie Region • An SIU cell is similar to a regular cell – they have windows and provide access to a yard. health assessment is completed • Bowden Institution • Edmonton Institution within 28 days. • Inmates get exercise, a shower, and continue their • Edmonton Institution for Women programs and interventions. • Saskatchewan Penitentiary What’s next • Inmates receive health assessments and have • Stony Mountain Institution access to their personal property. Time out of cell • Just like other inmates, those in SIUs have access • Continue to work with our external oversight bodies. Pacific Region to visitors, teachers, legal counsel, spiritual leaders • Inmates have the opportunity for a minimum of four • We have completed an audit of our SIU policy and are and others. • Kent Institution • Fraser Valley Institution hours each day for time outside of their cell. This finalizing a compliance review. Work is also underway, for Women can include programs and activities and contact with through an internal audit process, to review SIU Chaplains of their spiritual denomination, Elders, CSC A typical day in an SIU staff and visits with loved ones. operations since their inception. This will serve as a preparation for our departmental audit planned for • Inmates have the opportunity for two hours each Vision 2022-23. During the course of a day, an inmate in an SIU can: day of meaningful human contact. This can include A transformative federal • Interact with correctional officers, primary workers, programs, services, interventions, cultural, religious • We will build on lessons learned and determine what correctional model that adopts social program officers and correctional managers and spiritual practices, community partners such as improvements can be made to provide consistency at a positive, intervention-based as well as other inmates. volunteers, and family contact, including through our sites across the country. approach to address individual • Work with a parole officer and engage with video visitation. inmate needs for the safety and • Work to transform the culture and sustain change health care staff. • Inmates are provided with several offers per day for security of the institution. through self-reflection and continuous improvement. • Participate in correctional programs/interventions. time out of cell..