Nova Scotia resident Lisa Adams was kept for 16 days in a solitary room with no running water or flushing toilet under lighted observation by sight and security camera, and with no privacy whatsoever for the entire duration.

Held for 16 days in a “dry cell”—a solitary room with no running water or flushing toilet—Adams was kept under lighted observation by sight and security camera, with no privacy whatsoever for the entire duration. She had been segregated on suspicion of hiding drugs in her vagina at the Nova Institution for Women in Truro, Nova Scotia.

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Two reports from federal correctional investigators, Howard Sapers in 2011-12 and Zinger in 2019-20, recommended that the practice (of dry celling) be restricted to a maximum of 72 hours. In fact, in 2020, Zinger wrote, “In my opinion, beyond 72 hours there can be no further reason or justification to detain or keep a person in such depriving conditions,” adding, “After three days, surely this procedure becomes unreasonable, if not strictly punitive.” The Correctional Service of Canada rejected the recommendation.

    Ofc CSC rejects any and all restrictions on their ability to torture inmates.

    Fucking assholes.