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Canadian Solitary Confinement Deaths Result in Rare Lawsuits, Eventual Reforms

Deaths in Canadian federal prisons associated with the prolonged placement of prisoners in solitary confinement, as well as challenges to the use of segregation in provincial jails, have resulted in some limited reforms.

Ashley Smith was sentenced to Canada’s youth justice system when she was 12 years old; she was ...

 

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