Prisoners owed ‘remedy’ for harsh conditions in prisons amid COVID, says watchdog

The government is facing class-action lawsuits and a constitutional challenge based on the conditions thousands of prisoners are being kept in that advocates describe as similar to solitary confinement.

Prisoners are serving ‘much, much harsher sentences’ amid COVID-19, says prison watchdog Ivan Zinger.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

January 15, 2021

The federal government is vulnerable to legal challenges based on the “harsher,” solitary-like conditions thousands of prisoners have been kept in amid COVID-19, says Canada’s prison watchdog. Correctional Investigator of ...

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