Justin Ling: Ottawa is reappointing an expert panel—disbanded a year ago because it couldn’t do its work—to study the unconstitutional use of solitary confinement in prisons
Paul Wells: A preliminary report—which nearly didn’t happen due to government inaction—shows reform has been partial at best, with prisoners still being denied ‘meaningful human contact’
Correctional Service Canada is trying to update its inmate tracking system, while the panel tasked to study solitary confinement is still waiting for any usable information
Paul Wells: How badly do things have to go for a government-appointed panel to shut down because it got no usable data and no help from the minister?
Evan Solomon: The police completed their report into his death. Their answer, emailed to the family: no one will be charged.
Ontario’s ombudsman condemns system that leaves a man in solitary for four years. Could mistreatment of Capay scuttle the murder case against him?
From 2016: The UN would call Adam Capay’s treatment torture. In a Canadian prison, he was just another inmate in segregation.
Scott Gilmore on the case of Adam Capay, and how the province of Ontario allowed his horrific torture to happen
Child advocate Irwin Elman on the impact of ‘child protection’ on Indigenous youth, and why it’s time to end solitary confinement
A new Ontario report shows how isolation for jailed youth can be dehumanizing and riddled with legal violations. How do we fix it?