Join the Chanterelle Alliance for a technical briefing on Bill S-205, Tona’s Law, which aims to end practices of isolation in federal prisons, including:

1. A requirement that if a person in a federal prison has disabling mental health issues, they be transferred to a hospital in the provincial health system;
2. A requirement that a superior court approve any isolation of a person for longer than 48 hours;
3. The extension of measures allowing prisoners to be transferred from prison to the care and custody of Indigenous communities, to include other marginalized groups; and
4. In situations where the Correctional Service of Canada breaks the law and unfairly interferes in the administration of a sentence, individuals may apply to the sentencing court for a remedy, be it a reduction in sentence or in parole ineligibility period.

Bill sponsor Senator Kim Pate, and House sponsor MP Leah Gazan, will discuss the importance of this legislation, answer questions and highlight advocacy opportunities to help the bill pass through the House of Commons.