Structured Intervention Units News Today

Suit launched by Quebec inmate alleges 40 consecutive days spent in new structured intervention units amounted to cruel and unusual punishment

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019.

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019.

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019.

A Quebec judge has authorized a class action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019.

A Quebec judge has authorized a class action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019.

Statistics show Structured Intervention Units were used primarily for Indigenous women in correctional institutions last year

The government-appointed panel found that 24 out of 25 women held in the new isolation areas in 2022 were Indigenous

Also: Isolation cells in federal women’s jails used almost entirely for Indigenous prisoners