After Canada stopped using solitary confinement, it made an exception for these prisoners

It is Nov. 5, 2024. Over the course of half an hour, a hand-held camera follows Joey Toutsaint as prison guards forcibly remove him from a cell, then lead him through a hall, across a yard and into another building. The camera captures him pleading.“I’m not going to the observation cell. No. You guys are making a mistake. Put me back in my cell.”At one point, he weeps. “I won’t self-harm … I give you my word. On my mother’s grave. On my daughter’