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CBC Radio As it Happens: Solitary Confinement Settlement
Part 3: Â AFGHAN WOMEN JAILED, SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, STOCKHOLM RIOTS
Bobby Lee Worm won a settlement from Ottawa after she was forced to spend more than three years in solitary confinement in a B.C. prison.
Grace Pastine is the Litigation Director at the B.C. Civil Liberties Association — which helped bring forward this case against the federal government. We reached her in Vancouver.
Begins at: 00:07:36
Duration: 00:07:01
CIVIL LIBERTIES CAN’T PROTECT THEMSELVES