Class-action filed over 'abusive' strip searches at Montreal prisons

Facing what seemed like an insurmountable “culture of delays” plaguing the provincial court system, in October 2016 the Quebec government announced a series of measures it hoped could remedy the situation.
Among them was that people being held in custody following their arrests in Montreal would no longer make their first court appearance in person before a judge. The hearings would instead be held through a video link-up from local detention centres, depending on where the