Canadian government denies experiential truth of solitary confinement
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Dear PAOV,
Today the BCCLA filed our response to the federal government’s appeal to overturn the court-ordered end to indefinite solitary confinement in prisons across Canada.
Read my blog post reacting to the government’s appeal here.
The federal government is defending its use of indefinite solitary confinement against incarcerated people, despite the torturous facts of solitary confinement exposed in court.
At the trial, the government heard directly from those who have experienced first-hand the atrocities of solitary confinement – echoed in the 1,123 days that Bobby Lee Worm spent isolated, and in the memory of Christopher Roy, a young man who lost his life while locked away in solitary confinement.
Faced with these proven harms and health risks – the federal government has chosen to ignore the truth of solitary confinement.
The Court ruled indefinite solitary confinement violates the Charter rights of prisoners, causes permanent harm, and makes prisons and society less safe. In defending solitary confinement, the federal government chooses to fight for a practice which the United Nations has found amounts to torture.
The government’s decision to appeal tells me that the truth of solitary confinement will continue to be denied unless we speak it together, loudly, again and again:
Solitary confinement is torture, and we will not stand for it.
Please consider taking this opportunity to support our fight to end this torture by making a donation today.
Sincerely,
Jay Aubrey
BCCLA Staff Counsel
BC Civil Liberties Association604-687-2919
www.bccla.org
306-268 Keefer Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 1X5 You're receiving this message because you are a donor or volunteer with the BCCLA, or you have opted in to receiving communications from us.
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