Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEHabeas CorpusPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA Welcomes Supreme Court Decision in Dorsey Protecting Habeas Corpus and Individual Liberty The Supreme Court of Canada rendered its judgment in Dorsey v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025…Shakir RahimNovember 21, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA Welcomes the 2024-2025 Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes the 2024-2025 annual report of the Office of Correctional…CCLANovember 12, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES CCLA and 35 Civil Society Organizations Decry Provincial Inaction in Addressing Recommendations From Inquest Into Death of Soleiman Faqiri TORONTO — Soleiman Faqiri was a man with significant mental health conditions killed in provincial custody…CCLAMay 5, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingHabeas CorpusPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary Confinement CCLA Intervening before Supreme Court to Protect Habeas Corpus The CCLA will appear as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in AGC…Shakir RahimApril 17, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA Reacts to Maplehurst TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, made…CCLAApril 4, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA Calls on Government of Ontario to Apologize for Soleiman Faqiri’s Death The CCLA echoes the call of the Faqiri family for the Government of Ontario to…Shakir RahimMay 16, 2024
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDeaths in CustodyPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision New Report Released: Ontario Deaths in Custody on the Rise Despite a declining provincial custody population, deaths in custody in Ontario are increasing at an…CCLADecember 20, 2022
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSearch & SeizureSolitary Confinement Groups: Canada must end “extreme”, prolonged solitary confinement The Canadian Civil Liberties Association, John Howard Society Canada, the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry…CCLAAugust 30, 2022
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSearch & SeizureSolitary Confinement CCLA and Others Renew Calls to Limit Dry Cell Use – An “Extreme” Form of Solitary Confinement Earlier this summer the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and a number of other groups urged…Abby DeshmanAugust 30, 2022
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionPRIVACYSearch & SeizureSearch & SeizureSurveillance & PrivacyUnreasonable Search & Seizure Canadian Civil Liberties Association launches constitutional challenge to Ontario’s strip search law The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and a woman with personal experience have launched a major…Abby DeshmanJune 20, 2022