CSC in ‘flagrant non-compliance’ of solitary confinement rules, prison watchdog says

New data shows only 5.7 per cent of prisoners spent four hours outside of their cell every day—in violation of the law brought in by the Liberals last Parliament.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair office says it hopes to re-establish the independent advisory panel, which disbanded after a year without data from CSC. Its chair said the panel model is a failure and won't achieve proper oversight. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

November 4, 2020

The government is in “flagrant non-compliance” with the regime it brought in to end solitary confinement, says Canada’s prison watchdog, as critics renew calls for oversight in the wake of data revealing the law isn’t being followed most of the time. Af...

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