Joint statement at UNPFII 2016
May 12, 2016
Have your say – reinstate Kingston Prison Farms
June 24, 2016Canadian Friends Service Committee has made a submission to the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Service regarding its review of segregation (more commonly called solitary confinement) in adult correctional facilities.
The statement raises Friends’ serious concerns with the potential harms produced by various forms of solitary confinement. It notes, “As pointed out by the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the federal Office of the Correctional Investigator, the Ashley Smith Inquest, and the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth in Ontario, segregation is overused for certain groups: Black and Indigenous prisoners; those with mental health disabilities; women; and youth.”
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