The RCMP has agreed to change its prisoner-handling policy after it was chastised by its watchdog for preventing a woman from showering while in custody for nearly a week.
The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission also said the Mounties breached the woman’s privacy by filming her using the toilet without letting her know.
The CRCC’s report, completed last year and recently obtained through an access to information request, doesn’t represent the first time the watchdog has called out the RCMP for denying shower access.
According to the report, the woman — whose name is redacted in the documents released to CBC News —
