ersy over the gender bias goes beyond the “too-few-to-count” syndrome as Sally Armstrong calls it, it is a question of women’s constitutional right to be treated equally.Looking beyond women’s issues and questioning basic humanity, we find a deceptive, unstable yet somehow egotistical governmental department. With an organization like this in control, there is no hope of rehabilitation for the prisoners as was discovered throughout the inquiry performed on Correctional Services Canada. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the CSC denied participating in any sort of unethical behavior. The inmates had reached out for help several times by submitting complaints of unfit living conditions to the commissioner, but they were brutally rebuffed. This so-called correctional service subjects women to unwarranted strip searches and twenty-four hour camera surveillance. The abuse did not even stop when the system was under scrutiny as women were seen being transported in “cages” like savage beasts. These women endure torturous trials and tribulations to come out fully rehabilitated, law-abiding citizens, right? Wrong. As one prisoner puts it, “A woman’s power and self-esteem are so desecrated in there, despair takes over. You can’t see over it or around it or through it.” The horror of their day-to-day lives inside those walls prohibits them from looking optimistically towards the future. With no incentive to behave, to change, to even live, the inmates make no progress. This system is wasting precious time and money, not to mention ruining lives. The process is barbaric and cannot even pretend that the ends justify the means.The mere existence of facilities that allow people to be treated like this is a disgrace to humanity. The preferential treatment that men receive is a violation of women’s rights. The immoral and criminal actions of the correctional services weakens ...
