IV. Conclusion

Recommendation

21. Accordingly, CAEFS recommends that the Solicitor General publicly release the report of this Commission immediately upon receipt thereof and that the government develop an action plan in response thereto, by April 30, 1996.

This Commission of Inquiry has inspired hope amongst women imprisoned in the Prison for Women in Kingston and elsewhere throughout Canada. Knowing that the Inquiry has had little if any impact upon the current practices in other prisons (notably, Burnaby and the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon, but also the new Edmonton prison), we are all fearful of what the future holds for federally sentenced women once the work of the Inquiry is finished. Regardless of how progressive the Final Report is, there must be a political will to implement its recommendations.

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