Canada Solitary Confinement
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Trauma of 16 days in N.S. dry cell endures, though court win a solace: former inmateA N.S. Supreme Court judge has given Ottawa six months to reform provisions of the corrections law that discriminate against women. A former inmate wants dry ceiling to end.CanadaNov 18, 2021
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Changes to Canada’s solitary-confinement bill could help with MMIWG report findingsChanges the Senate wants to make to a bill on solitary confinement in Canadian prisons are in keeping with recommendations from the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, says the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies.CanadaJun 5, 2019
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Canada’s new solitary confinement bill makes it easier to put inmates in isolation, senator saysA Canadian senator who has spent four decades advocating for the rights of vulnerable people in Canadian prisons says a new bill that purports to end solitary confinement should be scrapped.CanadaMay 5, 2019
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B.C. Supreme Court strikes down indefinite solitary confinement in prisonsB.C. Supreme Court has ruled that indefinite solitary confinement is unconstitutional, and has given the federal government one year to draft legislation.PoliticsJan 17, 2018
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