07-06-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca

Segregation rates in Ontario jails are rising. Here's why putting prisoners in 'the hole' is raising alarms

Ontario has long faced calls to end segregation in its jails, but a CBC investigation shows prisoners are being isolated more often. In Hamilton, it's happening at a higher rate than elsewhere in the province, meeting the UN's threshold for torture. An advocate for incarcerated people recalls her time in segregation as being "in a little cream-coloured box with nothing."
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