Ontario Inmate Segregation
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Human rights commission criticizes Ontario’s proposed changes to inmate segregationThe changes, the commission says in a submission, do not address practices found to violate both the Canadian charter and the Ontario human rights code.CanadaOct 17, 2019
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Federal government wants Ontario inmate segregation fight put on iceA federal lawyer says Bill C-56, introduced earlier this month, would set presumptive limits on administrative segregation, along with independent oversight of its application.CanadaJun 29, 2017
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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.CanadaOct 31, 2016
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Ontario moves to restrict use of segregation as ‘last resort’ in provincial jailsOntario 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.CanadaOct 17, 2016
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