Francis v. Ontario, Canada, Reasons for Decision, Solitary Confinement, 2020 CITATION: Francis v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 1644 COURT FILE NO.: CV-18-591719CP DATE: 2020/04/20 ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE BETWEEN: ) ) CONREY FRANCIS ) ) Plaintiff ) ) – and – ) HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN ) RIGHT OF …

Francis v. Ontario, Canada, Cross Exam Ryan Labrecque, Solitary Confinement, 2019 Court File No. CV-18-591719-00CP ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE BETWEEN: CONREY FRANCIS Plaintiff - and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO Defendant Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992 CROSS-EXAMINATION OF RYAN LABRECQUE on his affidavit affirmed …

Canada: Long-Term Segregation of Mentally Ill Prisoners Unconstitutional; $20 Million in Damages by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Recently, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) violated the nation’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms by placing mentally ill prisoners in administrative segregation for …

Mentally Ill Held in Canadian Prison's 'Unsuitable' Former Segregation Unit by Joe Watson Despite recommendations from the United Nations, the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) and from within its own federal corrections system, Ontario, Canada's Millhaven Institution continues to lock up prisoners with acute mental illnesses inside cells that are …

Canadian Prison Staff, Cellmate Charged in Prisoner’s Beating Death by Joe Watson An understaffed, poorly-designed prison in Ontario, Canada has been under close scrutiny over the past three years after a prisoner serving a 165-day sentence was bludgeoned to death on Halloween night by a possibly intoxicated cellmate with a …

Bilotta v. Ottawa Jail, ON(CA), Complaint, 2014 Court File No. ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE BETWEEN: JULIE BILOTTA Plaintiff - and – HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO, MELANIE COCHRANE CYNTHIA COVELL, JACKIE DORAZIO, DELIANE FRASER, S. GARNETT, EMMANUELLE GODIN, ROSE GYASI, ROSALIND GYASI, DOUG HORNER, JANET KAMEI, …