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 an apartment on Constance Avenue in Esquimalt. Where’s that chunk … Read More
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Privacy complaint launched over CBSA reality TV show
Posted onBy 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 reality TV show to film travellers crossing Canada’s border without … Read More
CBC Radio: Solitary Confinement – Bobby Lee Worm’s Story
Posted onPublished 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 explains why he took on her case to try and … Read More
Former female convict spent years in solitary confinement in B.C.
Posted onPublished 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 plea to end the practice in Canada’s prisons. BobbyLee Worm, … Read More
Prisoner who spent three-and-a-half years in solitary confinement wins settlement from federal government
Posted onBy 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 conference on Wednesday with her lawyer to announce the lawsuit … Read More
23 hours a day: Saskatchewan woman settles lawsuit over solitary confinement
Posted onBy 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 she was held in solitary confinement for 3 1/2 years. … Read More
Aboriginal woman settles lawsuit that claimed she was treated inhumanely in jail
Posted onBy 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 she was losing her mind while being held in solitary … Read More
End solitary confinement, says former female inmate
Posted onBy 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 confinement in B.C. for a total of 3½ years has … Read More
Civil liberties group hopes to set precedent against solitary confinement
Posted onBy 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 press conference today about the detrimental effects of this type … Read More
Aboriginal woman reaches settlement with feds over solitary confinement
Posted onBy 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 than three and a half years in solitary confinement at … Read More