{"id":3055,"date":"2016-05-12T19:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T19:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccla.org\/?p=3055"},"modified":"2021-09-15T19:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T19:27:01","slug":"lontario-doit-mettre-fin-a-lisolement-dans-les-prisons-provinciales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccla.org\/fr\/criminal-justice\/prisons-jails-community-supervision\/ontario-must-curtail-segregation-in-provincial-jails\/","title":{"rendered":"L'Ontario doit r\u00e9duire l'isolement dans les prisons provinciales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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CCLA has\u00a0long been concerned<\/span>\u00a0about the widespread\u00a0use of segregation in Canadian prisons and jails \u2013 a practice that has\u00a0significant impacts<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on prisoners\u2019 fundamental rights. Recently,\u00a0CCLA submitted a comprehensive brief to the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS)<\/a><\/strong>, which is currently reviewing segregation practices in the province\u2019s jails.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, comprehensive data about the use of segregation in Ontario correctional institutions has not been made available. However, the information we do have is concerning. It was recently revealed that, over a five-month period in 2015,\u00a0more than 1600 prisoners<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0were admitted to segregation in only two Ontario jails. Meanwhile, over a five-month period in 2014,\u00a0at least 360 Ontario inmates<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0were confined to segregation for 30 or more consecutive days. Fully 40% of those inmates had identified mental health issues or other special needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the brief submitted to MCSCS, CCLA called on Ontario to commit to abolishing segregation in all but exceptional circumstances, with strict procedural protections and enhanced oversight, review and accountability mechanisms. Specifically, CCLA advanced 15 concrete recommendations, including:<\/span><\/p>\n