Families say inmates at Manitoba jail feel punished after being put in solitary confinement due to COVID-19
Correctional facilities in Manitoba continue to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks, and families and advocates are…
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‘Yes, it’s torture’: Federal inmate on segregation and life on the inside
Timothy Nome has spent the last 60 days in a segregation cell at the Stony…
Lawsuit goes after B.C. for isolating inmates
“Solitary confinement should be a tool of last resort.”
Solitary confinement a form of ‘torture’ for Indigenous, mentally ill inmates: advocates
APTN News Lawrence DaSilva says he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder from spending 587 consecutive days…
Indigenous man with severe mental health issues locked in solitary, family is desperate
Nicholas Dinardo, 26, of Piapot First Nation – located northeast of Regina – has been in solitary confinement for nearly eight months
Ontario human rights commissioner raising alarm over violations in provincial jails
Ontario human rights commissioner singles out use of solitary confinement in jails as violation.
“They started doing shock treatments on her” Elder tells APTN about Cree woman in Brockville hospital
APTN National News An elder in Ontario is raising concerns about the health of a…
Yukon justice critic calls for end of ‘destructive’ solitary confinement
APTN National News Solitary confinement is coming under fire again – this time in the…