Jul 25, 2018 | Legislations
Lynn McDonald from Policy Options writes that “solitary confinement entails lack of meaningful human contact and sensory deprivation. It costs lives (40 percent of prison suicides take place in solitary), and causes or exacerbates mental illness.” It is time to end...
Jun 21, 2018 | Legislations
Rights groups fight Canada government’s defense of solitary confinement Canadian law allows for prolonged, indefinite solitary confinement that hurts vulnerable people most and that is why it must be struck down, lawyers for civil liberties groups argued this week, as...
Jun 20, 2018 | Legislations
Feds appealing solitary confinement ruling Feds appealing solitary confinement ruling The federal government is appealing the B.C. Supreme Court’s ruling that laws providing for the use of solitary confinement by the Correctional Service of Canada in federal...
Jun 19, 2018 | Legislations
Two civil rights groups are bracing for another courtroom clash with Ottawa over the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons, part of a protracted legal campaign launched more than three years ago. Rights groups gear up for new court battle over solitary...
Mar 15, 2018 | Legislations
Eventually, the courts might compel the Liberal government to impose strict limits on the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons. But the government is already being judged. And if there’s any reason to believe its critics are right — that administrative...
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