Panel to address mental health, B.C. prisons, and the legacy of Mary Steinhauser
Fifty years ago this month, a B.C. Penitentiary hostage taking ended with the death of psychiatric nurse Mary Steinhauser. It was a tragedy that raised questions about justice, mental illness, the severity of punishment and the possibility of rehabilitation – issues we’re still dealing with today, notes Port Coquitlam writer Margaret Franz. “I couldn’t let […]
