Yukon agrees to make changes to solitary-confinement policies

The Yukon Human Rights Commission and the territorial government have reached an agreement in response to complaints from four prisoners over the use of solitary confinement for inmates who have a mental illness, as well as those who are Indigenous.

Yukon agrees to make changes to solitary-confinement policies

Agreement between territory’s government and human-rights commission will result in creation of forensic mental-health unit at Whitehorse Correctional as well as a panel that will help identify alternatives to segregation