Canada abandons solitary confinement appeal to Supreme Court

A joint statement from the offices of Public Safety Minister Bill Blair and Attorney-General David Lametti said the government decided to abandon the appeal because legislation passed last year effectively repealed administrative segregation, the prisoner-isolation method akin to solitary confinement that has been the target of recent court challenges. Read the full article…

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