Good morning, Federal inmates can proceed with a legal challenge to the government’s solution for prisoner segregation practices, a Quebec court has ruled. The methods have been used since 2019 after previous isolation measures were deemed illegal. At issue is whether spending 40 consecutive days in a so-called structural intervention unit can be considered cruel and unusual punishment. Daniel Fournier, a federal prisoner serving a 14-year sentence for robbery and use of an imitation firearm, is suing the Correctional Service of Canada over such treatment. Under the previous practice, called administrative segregation, prisoners could be locked in cells the size...
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