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Ontario loses bid to quash $30-million segregation ruling
The Ontario Court of Appeal is seen in Toronto on April 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
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COVID-19 lockdowns in federal prisons violate inmates’ Charter rights, lawsuit says
The Edmonton Institution for Women in Edmonton is shown on November 11, 2020. Canada's prison ombudsman is calling for alternatives to incarceration in a new report that shows the number of COVID-19 cases behind bars more than doubled in the second wave. Correctional investigator Ivan Singer says outbreaks at more than a dozen federal institutions between early November and Feb. 1 saw new cases climb to 880, compared to 361 in the first wave. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
opinion
There’s only one group of Canadians the government can get away with torturing
Robyn Urback
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Federal prisons still use solitary confinement, report says
A corrections officer opens the door to a cell in the segregation unit at the federal Fraser Valley Institution for Women during a media tour, in Abbotsford, B.C., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. Independent reviews of the hundreds of inmates placed in segregation over the past year found only a handful were inappropriate, new government data indicate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Few federal inmates moved from solitary confinement after external reviews, new data show
A corrections officer opens the door to a cell in the segregation unit at the federal Fraser Valley Institution for Women during a media tour, in Abbotsford, B.C., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. Independent reviews of the hundreds of inmates placed in segregation over the past year found only a handful were inappropriate, new government data indicate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
morning update newsletter
Morning Update: Doctors push aggressive strategy to control coronavirus
A woman wears a protective face mask to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 as she walks past a “Thank You” sign in downtown Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. The daily numbers of Covid-19 are steadily rising with record numbers of new cases reported daily. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Solitary confinement persists in prisons, new reports say
A solitary confinement cell is shown in a handout photo from the Office of the Correctional Investigator. Ontario's top court has placed a hard cap on solitary confinement in prisons, saying inmates can no longer be isolated for more than 15 days because that amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO- Office of the Correctional Investigator MANDATORY CREDIT
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N.B. woman argues ‘dry cell’ segregation for suspected concealment of drugs violates charter
Lisa Adams is led into court in Truro, N.S., Nov. 9, 2020.
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Head of Canada’s correctional officers' union says some specialized intervention units are at capacity
The Mission Correctional Institution in Mission, B.C. is pictured Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Federal prison chaplains say the spiritual needs of inmates have become an unnecessary casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when offenders are feeling particularly vulnerable and alone. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Federal prisons flout law by keeping inmates in solitary conditions, government report says
The Edmonton Institution For Women, from where Darlen Glidden escaped on early June 29, 2001.
morning update newsletter
Morning Update: A proposed class-action lawsuit over solitary confinement
NIAGARA REGION - OCTOBER 16, 2020 - Micah Stolove, father of Ruben Stolove who is representative plaintiff named in a proposed class action suit on solitary confinement in a high-security psychiatric facility, known as Waypoint (in Penetanguishene. Mr. Stolove poses near his home in Niagara on October 16, 2020. Glenn Lowson photo/The Globe and Mail
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Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care faces solitary confinement lawsuit
Ruben Stolove at Waypoint.(undated) Story on a proposed class action on solitary confinement in a high-security psychiatric facility, known as Waypoint in Penetanguishene, Ont. BEST QUALITY
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Bill Blair vows to revive panel on abolition of solitary confinement after terms lapse
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair speaks in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on June 16, 2020.
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Ottawa urged to let panel finish work on solitary confinement reforms
An inmate is given lunch at the segregation unit at Collins Bay Institution in Kingston, Ont., on May 10, 2016.
morning update newsletter
Morning Update: Federal, Ontario governments under fire for delay in ending solitary confinement
FILE PHOTO: A chain on a segregation cell is seen at the Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, October 11, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill/File Photo
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Federal, Ontario governments under fire for handling of solitary confinement
A lawyer for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and the John Howard Society of Canada says solitary confinement violates the charter right to life, liberty and security of the person.
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OPP says it won’t lay charges in death of Soleiman Faqiri as police close investigation
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference announcing the seizure of 55 kilograms of cocaine and about $800,000 in Canadian currency during a press conference after making a huge coordinated seizure involving many different agencies including the United States, in Barrie, Ont., on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. The source of the drugs came from Mexico, traveling through the United States and ending in Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
editorial
Solitary confinement won’t be allowed in Canada, except when it is
Editorial
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Canada abandons solitary confinement appeal to Supreme Court
Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Judge rejects Ontario liabilities law in solitary confinement class-action ruling
The Ontario Superior Court building is seen in Toronto on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. The Crown called for 12-year sentences for a bar owner and his manager convicted of the violent, videotaped and lengthy gang-sexual assault of a 24-year-old woman in 2016 in the downtown pub. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
u.s. politics
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, in solitary confinement
FILE - In this March 6, 2019 photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, departs the Capitol in Washington. Cohen was denied early release from a three-year prison sentence Tuesday, March 24, 2020, after he pleaded guilty to numerous charges, including campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Ontario Court of Appeal upholds $40-million in damages in solitary confinement case
A solitary confinement cell is shown in a handout photo from the Office of the Correctional Investigator. Ontario's top court has placed a hard cap on solitary confinement in prisons, saying inmates can no longer be isolated for more than 15 days because that amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO- Office of the Correctional Investigator MANDATORY CREDIT
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Ontario’s top court upholds class action rulings against solitary confinement
A solitary confinement cell is shown in a handout photo from the Office of the Correctional Investigator.
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Liberals poised to reject Senate changes to solitary-confinement bill
The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 18, 2019.
opinion
Solitary confinement must end - now
Noa Mendelsohn Aviv
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Canada’s correctional service ordered to pay tens of millions for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement
A solitary confinement cell is shown in a handout photo from the Office of the Correctional Investigator.
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Length of solitary stays increasing in Ontario prisons, including 835 days for one inmate
A 30-year-old Ontario man suffered at least 50 injuries before dying in a provincial solitary confinement cell last December, the culmination of an hours-long confrontation with prison officers.