OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino issued new directives today on the use of “dry cells” to keep inmates from bringing contraband into federal…
Prisoners who are suspected of concealing contraband, such as drugs, within their bodies are kept in a cell that has no plumbing fixtures on the assumption that any items will be expelled.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
In this year’s budget, the federal government banned the practice for women suspected of carrying contraband in their vaginas, in response to a Supreme Court of Nova Scotia decision last year that deemed the practice unlawful. Mendicino’s directive requires written notice and rationale to be provided to regional headquarters when a prisoner is expected to be in a dry cell for more than 48 hours, and to national headquarters when it goes beyond 72 hours.
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