Protesters outside Newfoundland jail call for better care for prisoners after inmate suicide
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Martha Paynter, a registered nurse and chair of Wellness Within, a group of health-care professionals and other community leaders advocating for health equity and justice in Nova Scotia, said the study – and the situation in Newfoundland and Labrador – shows it’s time to look for alternatives to incarceration.
“People are criminalized because of mental health and then the experience of criminalization causes mental health issues,” Ms. Paynter said in an interview. “We’re not solving anything the way we’re doing things now.”
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