A strong, detailed submission was hand delivered today to the Honorable Premier, Mr. Stelmach and the

Honourable Minister of Justice, Ms. Alison Redford, who is also a human rights lawyer, regarding the 

matter of numbers of seniors being detained in active treatment beds. They are given little or no nursing 

care, no recreation, no mental stimulation, never taken out of doors and many are never  allowed to leave 

the  unit even  to go to the hospital cafeteria for a cup of coffee with a friend. They are made to spend their 

days imprisoned in poorly lit, somewhat less than pleasant rooms, some which are reportedly cold at night 

in ill fitting and uncomfortable beds. One six foot man who has been held since October, who obviously 

does not fit the hospital bed, cried and asked us to help him to leave. It is ‘policy’ to keep these seniors in 

pyjamas, closely guarded by security guards/ or staff posted at their doorway.

Some of  these detainees were living independently, paying their utilities, taxes until they entered hospital 

for care and then were not allowed to again leave.

They are not being served with the documents which are keeping them detained,  We have knowledge 

of family members, even lawyers who have been denied access to documents.  in one instance, huge, 

burly security guards were called when a small senior with son approached the nursing desk to 

request documents.  They left empty handed.  We have a notice from a Capitol Health employee which

 informed a lawyer that documents would not be released. 

Criminals at the Remand Center must be given full disclosure as to why they are being detained and 

charges against them. .

We are again calling for a full Inquiry into the matter of competency assessments and wrongful detention 

and general abuse of seniors.