Excerpted from ‘Behind the Door’: Solitary Confinement in the Irish Penal System. Irish Penal Reform Trust, 2018 1. Elimination of the use of solitary confinement: 1.1…
2018-02-01 abolishsolitary Hon Ralph Goodale, MPMinister of Public Safety30 January 2018 re: Abolition of solitary confinement You and your staff, no doubt, as we, are studying…
Solitary confinement: harm reduction is better than nothing, but not good enough We are pleased to see the announcement of the Hon Ralph Goodale, Minister…
Hon Marie-France Lalonde, MPPMinister of Community Safety and Correctional Services (Ontario)October 10, 2017 Dear Ms Lalonde Thank you for your response of September 13, 2017…
Patrick Wright’s article in the August 13, 2017 Globe and Mail can be accessed here: https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prison-kennel-pens-at-edmonton-institution-called-totally-inhumane/article35971209/
The Globe and Mail June 9 2017 Your editorial clearly sets out the inconsistencies, hypocrisy and injustices of solitary confinement. We agree with it also in…
Hon Ralph Goodale, MPJune 7, 2017 Dear Mr Goodale We are pleased to see Correctional Services Canada conferring with equivalent provincial jurisdictions on reforming solitary…
Marie-France Lalonde, MPPMinister of Community Safety and Correctional Services Dear Ms Lalonde We were pleased when the premier appointed Howard Sapers to conduct a long-needed…
Interview with CCPHE Director Dr. Ruth Martin in a 2014 Georgia Straight article “Correctional Service Canada ignores repeated calls for reform on solitary confinement,” the third and…