TORONTO — Isolating a prisoner for more than five days in a process known as administrative segregation is unconstitutional because the system lacks proper safeguards, an Ontario judge ruled Monday. Correctional Service Canada maintains segregation is an appropriate last resort for managing a difficult and dangerous prison population. In response, the federal government argued that any rights violations were the result of poor implementation of the law, not the law itself. Lawyer Michael Rosenberg, who represented the association, said independent review of segregation placements was long overdue and its time for Canada to act. “(But) I am satisfied that there is no serious question the practice of keeping an inmate in administrative segregation for a prolonged period is harmful.”

Source: National Post December 18, 2017 18:56 UTC