Government action to curb solitary confinement long overdue
Only a legislated framework will ensure that everyone’s Charter rights are respected once the light cast by the Adam Capay case on this abusive practice dims.
Catherine Latimer
Catherine Latimer is a Broadbent Fellow and is the executive director of the John Howard Society.
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Time to move beyond “tough-on-crime” rhetoric
A rational justice system and a program of prison reform based on evidence and grounded in humane principles would be more sensible than having to hope that law suits will correct the present system’s deficiencies.
