Conditions of ConfinementCruel & Unusual PunishmentPRESS RELEASESStrip Searches Class Action Launched re Illegal Strip Searches A major class action is being launched today on behalf of Canadians illegally strip searched…Abby DeshmanJuly 7, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionRace, Religion & Ethnicity Coalition Calls on Government to Release COVID Information on Ontario Jails The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…Abby DeshmanJuly 7, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA and Partners File Legal Case Against the Correctional Service of Canada The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and its coalition partners have filed a constitutional challenge to…CCLAMay 12, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Letter to Correctional Service of Canada We express our deep concern regarding the health and well-being of the inmates and staff…Abby DeshmanApril 22, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Drastic Action Needed; Protect Incarcerated, Correctional Workers & Broader Communities A Letter from CCLA to All Provinces and Territories: New BrunswickMichael BryantApril 2, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA to Provinces & Territories: Drastic Action Needed Now CCLA to Provinces and Territories: CCLA has written to government ministers across the country to…CCLAApril 2, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Protecting the Forgotten During Canada’s Response to Coronavirus: The Jailed Canada must protect those who are often forgotten in a crisis: legally innocent people held…CCLAMarch 19, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionYouth Solitary confinement is no joking matter – and the courts are not amused – AGAIN! The Ontario Court of Appeal has once more handed down a scathing decision to the…Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 29, 2019
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Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionYouth End to Solitary Confinement as We Know It In an extraordinary decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered an end to prolonged…CCLAMarch 28, 2019