Adequate health care for prisoners? | John L. Hill

By John L. Hill ( December 6, 2021, 3:07 PM EST) -- Parliament has enacted as a guiding principle for the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) that offenders retain the rights of all members of society except those that are necessarily removed or restricted as a consequence of the sentence. We, as Canadians, accept that torture is impermissible because deprivation of liberty is the only legitimate punishment. One goes to prison as punishment, not for punishment....