Prisoners' Rights

Issues in Prisoners' Rights

• Solitary Confinement

News Release Rights Groups React to Prisoner Death in Custody; Call for Public Inquest and Immediate Release of Prisoners to Stop Dangerous Spread of COVID-19

Posted on April 17, 2020

Topic: COVID-19, Prisoners' Rights

Document Joint Call for Human Rights Oversight of Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on April 15, 2020

Topic: COVID-19, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Patients' Rights, Poverty & Rights, Prisoners' Rights, Sex Workers' Rights

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Letter on the conditional and compassionate release of incarcerated people to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Posted on April 15, 2020

Topic: COVID-19, Prisoners' Rights

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Prisoner Access to Education and Internet

Posted on February 20, 2020

Topic: Prisoners' Rights

Type: Position papers

News Release Press Release: Supreme Court of Canada Decides to Hear Solitary Confinement Case

Posted on February 13, 2020

Topic: Prisoners' Rights, Solitary Confinement

News Release Press Release: Rights groups continue the fight to end indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement in Canada

Posted on November 5, 2019

Topic: Prisoners' Rights, Solitary Confinement

News Release MEDIA ADVISORY: BCCLA at Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Prison Needle Exchange Program case

Posted on November 1, 2019

Topic: Harm Reduction, Prisoners' Rights

Document Recommendations for Northwest Territories Bill 45: Corrections Act

Posted on July 22, 2019

Topic: Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Prisoners' Rights, Solitary Confinement

Type: Policy Submissions

News Release Rights groups celebrate appeal victory affirming end to indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement

Posted on June 24, 2019

Topic: Prisoners' Rights, Solitary Confinement

News Release Media Advisory: Family seeks justice and accountability for death of Soleiman Faqiri at correctional facility

Posted on February 21, 2019

Topic: Civilian Oversight, Human Rights, Police Accountability, Prisoners' Rights, Solitary Confinement