27 Federal Inmates Have Applied for Assisted Suicide Since 2016 Legalization, Say Feds

Patches are seen on the arm and shoulder of a corrections officer in the segregation unit at the Fraser Valley Institution for Women during a media tour, in Abbotsford, B.C., on October 26, 2017. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

A total of 27 federal inmates in prisons across Canada have applied for medical assistance in dying (MAID) since it was first legalized by the Liberal government in 2016, says the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC).

Of those 27 offenders, nine have been authorized to receive MAID, says the CSC, which is the federal government agency responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders sentenced to at least two years in prison.