Inmate Segregation

• Federal government ordered to pay $1.12M in legal fees for segregation class action

  In awarding the costs to representative plaintiff Jullian Reddock, Superior Court Justice Paul Perell rejected the government's contention that the requested fees were unreasonable or excessive.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2019
  
• End of prisoner segregation sparks anxiety over double-bunking

  Prisoners and correctional officers worry that the prison system will start doubling prisoners up once new solitary confinement laws are implemented.

  Canada

  May 14, 2019
  
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• Ontario’s top court wants more info before deciding if inmate segregation law is invalid 

  The Appeal Court is asking the government to show how proposed legislation will address problems a lower court identified.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2018
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• Federal government wants Ontario inmate segregation fight put on ice

  A federal lawyer says Bill C-56, introduced earlier this month, would set presumptive limits on administrative segregation, along with independent oversight of its application.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2017
• Ontario ombudsman slams inmate-segregation system; says people put at risk

  In a report out today, ombudsman Paul Dube says no one is properly tracking how long inmates are kept in solitary.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2017
• Ontario premier calls inmate’s 4-year segregation ‘extremely disturbing’

  The treatment of an inmate held in segregation for four years is "extremely disturbing," Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said Monday, but she declined to call it torture.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2016
• Ontario moves to restrict use of segregation as ‘last resort’ in provincial jails

  Ontario is changing regulations to make the use of segregation in its jails and correctional facilities "a measure of last resort" and cutting in half the amount of time inmates can be kept in isolation.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2016