Today I tabled legislation to prohibit the use of prolonged solitary confinement BC's correctional facilities for both adults and youth.
Solitary confinement is a dehumanizing and insidious form of psychological harm. 1/ #bcpoli #BanSolitaryConfinement bcgreencaucus.ca/post/b-c-green…
Solitary confinement is a dehumanizing and insidious form of psychological harm. 1/ #bcpoli #BanSolitaryConfinement bcgreencaucus.ca/post/b-c-green…
Solitary confinement of more than 15 days is considered torture by the UN Nelson Mandela Rules.
Despite this, on any given day in BC's correctional facilities 33 people are held in violation of these human rights principles. 2/ #bcpoli
Despite this, on any given day in BC's correctional facilities 33 people are held in violation of these human rights principles. 2/ #bcpoli
We know that solitary confinement does not help rehabilitate the adults and youth in the corrections system, and in fact harms them. Solitary confinement has disproportionate effects on Indigenous people. 3/ #bcpoli #IndigenousPeoples
This bill enshrines rights to fair treatment for the human beings in our corrections facilities, and accountability for the public to know what’s going on behind the scenes. 4/ #bcpoli #BanSolitaryConfinement
This bill aligns with the 2022 resolution from @UBCIC to ban solitary confinement, a 2021 report from @BCOmbudsperson about youth detention in BC, and the 2019 decision from the BC Court of Appeal that found prolonged solitary confinement to be inhumane & unconstitutional. 5/
It is now in the hands of the Premier @jjhorgan and the @bcndp majority to bring the bill forward for debate and ensure it passes so that this unconstitutional and inhumane practice ends in British Columbia. 6/6 #bcpoli #BanSolitaryConfinement
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