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BURNABY - A coroners jury looking into the death of Mexican hotel maid Lucia Vega Jimenez is recommending that Canada Border Services Agency staff not contracted security guards monitor immigration detainees.
Other recommendations include civilian oversight of critical incidents in CBSA custody and a dedicated, above-ground holding centre for detainees that features natural light, ventilation and outside access.
Those characteristics are a far cry from the conditions present at the airports current holding centre, which is staffed by Genesis Security.
Jurors weighed in with the verdict late Tuesday, after hearing several days of testimony at the inquest into the death. Jimenez hanged herself in a shower stall at the Vancouver airports immigration holding centre on Dec. 20, 2013 and later died in hospital.
Jurors want a dedicated CBSA holding centre for detainees that is staffed by its own employees, located within a 30-minute drive of the airport, and with its own on-site courtroom for immigration hearings.
Jurors recommended that at a minimum, lawyers must have access to the airports holding centre. It must be fitted with call buttons for help, self-harm proofed, and equipped with telephones.
While the holding centre is staffed by subcontractors, jurors recommend that the CBSA access the video monitoring system at random times to ensure the appropriate number of staff are on site and that they are meeting their contractual requirements.
Jurors also recommended the federal government appoint an independent ombudsperson to mediate related concerns or complaints, and create a civilian organization to investigate critical incidents in CBSA custody.
Translators must also be available for detainees who can't understand English, the jury recommended.
"I'm blown away, basically,'' said Rocco Trigueros of the group Mexicans in Vancouver. "I'm very happy to read the recommendations because they are great, they are profound, they are responsible, and I think we were lucky to have a great jury because they were sensitive.''
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CBSA should staff its own detention centre: B.C. coroner's inquest (updated with video)
METRO VANCOUVER For the last week, a five-person jury has been hearing evidence surrounding the death of Mexican hotel maid Lucia Vega Jimenez, who hanged herself in a shower stall in the Vancouver airport's immigration holding centre on Dec. 20, 2013. She later died in hospital. Her death has been the subject of a coroner's inquest, the purpose of which is not to find fault or assign blame, but rather to establish the facts surrounding a death and make recommendations on how to prevent such deaths in the future. Here are some of the key issues raised by the inquest.
Training and oversight of private security guards contracted by the Canada Border Services Agency to monitor the holding centre: The inquest heard that in the months leading up to the incident, Genesis Security frequently had fewer guards on duty at the holding centre than was required by the contract with CBSA and that room check records were falsified by Genesis the morning of the incident.The Genesis guards received no training on how to spot signs of depression or mental health distress before the incident but have since been sent on a one-day course offered through the CBSA. The CBSA manager in charge of the holding centre is based downtown and testified that he is on site at the centre roughly once a month. The CBSA has created a new administrative position at the holding centre two days a week during the day, when detainees are not usually there.
Detention conditions at the holding centre: The BC Holding centre is accessed via a door in the side of a concrete tunnel several floors below the Fairmont Vancouver Airport. Paramedics who responded to the 911 call testified that it took them 12 minutes to reach the holding centre from international arrivals because of a nearly kilometre-long walk down a corridor. The Canadian Red Cross has deemed the facility unsuitable for even short-term detentions due to a lack of natural light and fresh air. Immigration lawyer Douglas Cannon, who has practised refugee law for two decades, said he has been in the facility once and that his understanding is lawyers are not allowed in. Cannon said he has frequently run into problems contacting clients held there even by telephone. The inquest heard that in Toronto, where the CBSA's immigration holding centre is a converted hotel, lawyers, non-governmental organizations and groups from different cultural communities are all regularly granted access. The CBSA maintains the Vancouver holding centre is not meant to be used for detentions of longer than 72 hours. Intervenors at the inquest including the BC Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Council of Refugees want to see the holding centre closed.
Physical layout of the holding centre: The inquest heard testimony from architect Ron Dies, who has experience designing prisons, on what can be done to minimize the risk of suicides. This largely involves making sure there are no structures which will support any significant weight if something is tied to it.
Detention conditions at provincial jails. Immigration detainees held for longer than 72 hours are taken to provincial jails, typically in Maple Ridge or Surrey. International law stipulates that immigration detainees, who have usually not broken any law, be held in facilities appropriate to their non-criminal status. Jimenez was held for two weeks at the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women, where immigration detainees are held in the most secure section and subject to all the same restrictions as criminal inmates. The inquest heard Jimenez had trouble calling her family from Alouette because of the prison's phone system. She also missed what could have been a critical appointment with a mental health specialist at Alouette because her file was not marked urgent.
Access to lawyers: Jimenez was arrested on Dec. 1, but did not get a lawyer until Dec. 13, the inquest heard. This is significant because immigration detainees have just 15 days from the time of their initial hearing to apply for a pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA), during which an immigration officers reviews the dangers a detainee may face if deported. Those who apply for a PRRA receive a stay of deportation until a decision is made, though it is rare that a PRRA results in a detainee being able to stay in Canada permanently. While detainees have access to duty counsel at the Library Square location where CBSA interviews and Immigration and Refugee Board hearings are conducted and are always permitted to call Legal Aid, the process can be daunting for detainees who speak little to no English, the inquest heard. The fact that detainees are often held in jails an hour or more from Vancouver also has the effect of limiting access to lawyers, who are only paid a certain number of hours under Legal Aid and prefer not to spend them driving. The inquest heard that CBSA interviews and Immigration and Refugee Board hearings in Toronto are held in the same building as the immigration holding centre, greatly reducing the need for transportation.
Communication between provincial corrections staff, CBSA and Genesis Security: The inquest heard that there was no formal mechanism in place through which information about detainees, such as behavioural patterns or scheduled appointments, could be communicated between companies or agencies.
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A NEW program designed to save people from dying of a heart attack has assisted 35 people in western NSW in the first six months of its operation.
SAVING LIVES: Estelle Ryan CNC Cardiology, Cardiologist Dr Ruth Arnold, paramedics Claire Green and Adam Parker, Anne Morrison NUM ICU and Coronary Care and bypass patient Terry Babbage with the lifesaving ECG machine. Photo: PHILL MURRAY
A NEW program designed to save people from dying of a heart attack has assisted 35 people in western NSW in the first six months of its operation.
The Pre-Hospital Lysis program is a statewide system which enables paramedics to send an ECG directly to a cardiologist as soon as they suspect a heart attack.
This gives the patient immediate access to a cardiac specialist, for diagnosis. If a heart attack is confirmed, paramedics can give immediate life saving treatment (Lysis), wherever the patient may be.
Western NSW Local Health District Cardiologist Dr Ruth Arnold said its this early diagnosis that can improve the chance of recovery and survival in heart attack patients, which is especially important in rural and remote areas.
Time is crucial when it comes to diagnosing and treating a heart attack successfully, she said.
Once a heart attack is confirmed by the ECG, the paramedics can provide appropriate treatment in the form of Lysis or thrombolysis (clot busting medication to dissolve the blockage in the coronary artery), before the patient is transported to the best place for their further care and treatment.
This treatment is most effective if given within the first 60 minutes of a heart attack. In some rural areas it can take 30 to 60 minutes to even get a patient to the closest hospital. This program makes each ambulance a mobile coronary treatment unit and brings specialist care to the patient, Dr Arnold said.
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