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Rights groups fight Canada government’s defense of solitary confinement

June 21, 2018November 17, 2018amp Leave a comment

June 21, 2018 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

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 they accused the government of backing away from its avowed goal of pursuing prison reform.

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‘Jails are not hospitals’: Stop incarcerating sick detainees, health workers say

May 17, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 17, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Despite calls from “outraged” Ontario health workers, the province won’t stop putting immigration detainees in provincial jails any time soon.

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Ontario won’t commit to ending use of mental illness as a reason for solitary confinement

May 5, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 5, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Corrections Minister Yasir Naqvi is “concerned” that Ontario inmates are being put in solitary confinement because of their mental illnesses — but he won’t commit to ending the practice entirely.

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Inmates with mental illness subject to ‘cruel and unusual punishment,’ suit alleges

July 17, 2015July 18, 2015amp Leave a comment

July 17, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

A Toronto law firm has launched a class action suit against the federal government over the treatment of prison inmates with mental illness.

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Canada’s failing to prevent inmate suicides, watchdog finds

September 10, 2014September 11, 2014amp Leave a comment

September 10, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Canada’s federal prisons are continuing practices known to make inmates more likely to kill themselves – and then failing to properly measure or report these suicides, a watchdog report finds.

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Some mentally ill inmates face solitary confinement by another name

July 24, 2014July 25, 2014amp Leave a comment

July 24, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Special designations for federal inmates with the most complex psychiatric needs often result in their being kept in what is, effectively, solitary confinement – just don’t call it that.

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Tied down in solitary for years, is sick inmate a dangerous offender?

July 24, 2014July 25, 2014amp Leave a comment

July 24, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Marlene Carter is sick.

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