A two-spirit inmate at Port-Cartier Institution, a maximum security penitentiary on Quebec's North Shore, says their arm was broken by a correctional officer and they didn't receive proper medical attention for more than a week. Dinardo suffers from several mental health issues: friends and familyDinardo is from Piapot First Nation, just north of Regina. Crow says she thinks her sibling is targeted because they stand up for themselves — including a refusal to withdraw a human rights complaint. "Our priority is to protect the physical and mental health and overall safety of those who live and work within federal correctional institutions," he wrote. "CSC has a legislative mandate to provide every federal inmate with essential health care," he also wrote.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2021 18:46 UTC