Cases regarding prisoners’ rights have been difficult for prisoners and prisoner advocates to win as courts tend to be deferential to prison officials. Two cases from Ontario and British Columbia have made their way up to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the use of administrative segregation in prisons. This paper seeks to make a prediction as to the outcome of these upcoming cases by answering how courts determine which Charter rights can be justifiably violated once one is imprisoned. Based on an analysis of decisions for previous Supreme Court prisoners’ rights cases, the level of emphasis on empirical evidence is found to be the strongest contributing factor in courts determining which rights can be justifiably violated once impris...
L’examen critique du droit de l’application des peines au Canada indique que ce droit est fragmenté ...
L’étude du droit pénitentiaire révèle une évolution tangible dans l’encadrement et la protection jur...
Canada maintains a separate legal regime for immigration detainees who, until recently, were denied ...
Prisons present a special context for the interpretation of constitutional rights, where prisoner co...
This paper examines over twenty years of prisoner litigation under the Canadian Charter of Rights an...
Despite a pressing need for judicial guidance on the legalities of administrative segregation, Canad...
In prisoner litigation, straightforward victory is rare. Win or lose, prisoners most often remain in...
This paper critically examines the potential of prisoner litigation in Canada to shed light on what ...
Etroitement liée aux droits du détenu, la question des décisions disciplinaires au sein des prisons ...
The law and practice of solitary confinement continues to be a source of rights violations in Canadi...
This legal analysis compares and contrasts the application of the Charter’s section 12, regarding “c...
In 1985 the Federal Court of Appeal, in the case of Re Howard and Presiding Officer of the Inmate Di...
A prison inmate is supposed to have the same basic rights as any other citizen, except to the extent...
With the tenth anniversary of the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom fast appr...
This paper considers the role that litigation might play in ending the human rights crisis of solita...
L’examen critique du droit de l’application des peines au Canada indique que ce droit est fragmenté ...
L’étude du droit pénitentiaire révèle une évolution tangible dans l’encadrement et la protection jur...
Canada maintains a separate legal regime for immigration detainees who, until recently, were denied ...
Prisons present a special context for the interpretation of constitutional rights, where prisoner co...
This paper examines over twenty years of prisoner litigation under the Canadian Charter of Rights an...
Despite a pressing need for judicial guidance on the legalities of administrative segregation, Canad...
In prisoner litigation, straightforward victory is rare. Win or lose, prisoners most often remain in...
This paper critically examines the potential of prisoner litigation in Canada to shed light on what ...
Etroitement liée aux droits du détenu, la question des décisions disciplinaires au sein des prisons ...
The law and practice of solitary confinement continues to be a source of rights violations in Canadi...
This legal analysis compares and contrasts the application of the Charter’s section 12, regarding “c...
In 1985 the Federal Court of Appeal, in the case of Re Howard and Presiding Officer of the Inmate Di...
A prison inmate is supposed to have the same basic rights as any other citizen, except to the extent...
With the tenth anniversary of the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom fast appr...
This paper considers the role that litigation might play in ending the human rights crisis of solita...
L’examen critique du droit de l’application des peines au Canada indique que ce droit est fragmenté ...
L’étude du droit pénitentiaire révèle une évolution tangible dans l’encadrement et la protection jur...
Canada maintains a separate legal regime for immigration detainees who, until recently, were denied ...