Solitary Confinement and the Supreme Court: Missed Opportunities

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Publication Date

2020

Keywords

Bill C-83, Solitary Confinement, Canada, COVID-19

Abstract

The federal government's decision to discontinue appeals of cases that declared solitary confinement to be both inhumane and unconstitutional serves to distract attention from the government’s manifest failures to protect prisoners from COVID-19 and shelters its latest solitary confinement bill — Bill C-83 — from scrutiny by our highest court.

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