Rights groups gear up for new court battle over solitary confinement

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 confinement

Lawyers representing two rights organizations filed their response to Ottawa’s recent appeal of a B.C. Supreme Court decision that struck down the practice as unconstitutional