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Retired Supreme Court justice Arbour slams practice of solitary confinement

December 11th, 2014 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized

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Canada needs to end its “addiction” to solitary confinement in its prisons, and have judges review any use of segregation beyond short-term “timeouts” of three days or so, retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour says. Anything less would allow a destructive and unlawful practice to continue, she said.  Read the rest of this story at The Globe and Mail…

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