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Coronavirus lockdown measures defy federal inmate rights, suit claims

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COVID-19, a civil lawsuit alleges.The unproven claim, filed in British Columbia Supreme Court, alleges anti-pandemic measures have resulted in a wide variety of breaches by Correctional Service of Canada.“Without notice or explanation, it subjected incarcerated persons to medical and administrative lockdowns _ a form of isolation akin to solitary confinement _ for indeterminate periods of time,” the suit alleges.

Coronavirus: Prisoner, human rights groups file lawsuit over federal inmates’ safety “It suspended parole hearings and withheld the programs and services that incarcerated persons require in order to secure parole eligibility.”Other alleged breaches, according to the claim, relate to the suspension of visits and religious.

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