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Author: Media Coverage

Victoria police raid in Esquimalt at centre of property seizure debate

  By Katherine Dedyna/TimesColonist.com Published on May 27, 2013   In a raid just over a year ago, Victoria police confiscated drugs and more than $15,000 in cash stashed in […]

Privacy complaint launched over CBSA reality TV show

  By CBC.ca Published May 27, 2013   The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says it plans to file a privacy complaint against the Canada Border Services Agency for allowing a […]

CBC Radio: Solitary Confinement – Bobby Lee Worm’s Story

  Published on May 23, 2013 Listen at CBCRadio   Listen here as Bobby Lee Worm, an Aboriginal woman from Regina, explains how solitary confinement affected her and her lawyer […]

Former female convict spent years in solitary confinement in B.C.

  Published May 22, 2013 Watch at CBC.ca   A Saskatchewan woman who was held in solitary confinement in B.C. for a total of 3½ years has issued an emotional […]

Prisoner who spent three-and-a-half years in solitary confinement wins settlement from federal government

  By John Colebourn/TheProvince.com Published on May 22, 2013   An aboriginal woman whose plight in solitary confinement in the federal prison system sparked a legal challenge attended a news […]

23 hours a day: Saskatchewan woman settles lawsuit over solitary confinement

  By VancouverSun.com Published on May 22, 2013   VANCOUVER – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the federal government has settled a lawsuit with an aboriginal woman who says […]

Aboriginal woman settles lawsuit that claimed she was treated inhumanely in jail

  By Kevin Griffin/VancouverSun.com Published on May 22, 2013   LAWSUIT LED TO END OF PROGRAM THAT PLACED FEMALE PRISONERS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT A Cree woman from Saskatchewan who felt […]

End solitary confinement, says former female inmate

  By CBC.ca Published on May 22, 2013   BobbyLee Worm was held in segregation for 3½ years of her 6-year sentence A Saskatchewan woman who was held in solitary […]

Civil liberties group hopes to set precedent against solitary confinement

  By Aurora Tejeida/TheTyee.ca Published on May 22, 2013   BobbyLee Worm, a 26-year-old aboriginal woman who was held in solitary confinement for more than three years, spoke at a […]

Aboriginal woman reaches settlement with feds over solitary confinement

  By Marcella Bernardo/CKNW.com Published on May 22, 2013   An out of court settlement has been reached in the case of an aboriginal woman from Saskatchewan who spent more […]

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