Advancing Corrections Journal - Edition #12 - Innovation in Correctional Healthcare (ACJ12-A002)

Article 2: Challenges and Promising Practices in Correctional Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Perspective from (ACJ12-A002)

Abstract

The research explores challenges and promising practices related to the provision of quality correctional healthcare to justice-involved people in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data was collected from a roundtable comprised of Community-based Residential Facility (CBRF) operators within St. Leonard’s Society of Canada’s membership. Themes related to challenges and promising practice were identified through qualitative analysis. Based on the study’s findings and a review of international literature, the article concludes by listing recommendations for standards of practice within correctional healthcare during a wide-spread health crisis. Future research on correctional healthcare should include greater emphasis on community corrections, particularly CBRF operations.

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Authors

Danielle Kouri

Coordinator, St. Leonard’s Society of Canada, Canada

Danielle Kouri is the Coordinator for St. Leonard’s Society of Canada. She completed her Honours Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Criminology and Minor in Psychology at University of Ottawa in 2019 and is enrolled to begin a Masters of Arts in Justice Studies at Royal Roads University for January 2022. She is passionate about issues related to social justice as well as community corrections and integration, particularly in relation to Community-based Residential Facilities, homelessness, and people with life sentences. She began her formal research experience in 2017, and has also been volunteering at a federal, maximum security institution with a group of individuals serving life sentences since 2018.

Jocelyne Lemoine

Research Associate, St. Leonard’s Society of Canada, Canada

Jocelyne Lemoine is a Research Associate with St. Leonard’s Society of Canada. She completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Psychology at the University of Manitoba in 2008 and a Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology at Adler University in 2016. Her research interests include psychology and criminal justice. She has practical and research experience in institutional and community corrections starting from 2011.

Advancing Corrections Journal - Edition #12 - Innovation in Correctional Healthcare (ACJ12-A002)

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