Canada practicing “Torture by any other name”–Experts denounce continued use of solitary confinement in country’s prisons A report released on February 23 by two prominent criminologists highlights the brutality with which the Canadian state treats those held in federal penitentiaries. The report exposed, in particular, the phony nature of the measures the Justin Trudeau Liberal government has implemented with the purported aim of abolishing solitary confinement under pressure from prisoner support groups, human rights organizations and, ultimately, the courts. A solitary confinement cell at the Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick in 2017 (Credit: Office of the Correctional Investigator) Entitled “Solitary Confinement, Torture, and Canada’s Structured Intervention Units,” the report by Anthony Doob of the University of Toronto and Jane Sprott of Ryerson University concludes that Canada, despite the Trudeau government’s assertions to the contrary, continues to practice solitary confinement in federal penitentiaries, which amounts to “torture by another name.”