First Nations chief calls prisoner’s treatment in solitary ‘inhumane’ (Citizens Start Change.org petition for release)

Insitutionalized torture in Canada! 4 years he sat in confinement...

The plight of Adam Capay came to light after Renu Mandhane, chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, visited Thunder Bay Jail earlier this month. A correctional officer told her of a prisoner who had been held for more than 1,500 days in administrative segregation – the internal term for indefinite solitary confinement.

When she requested a visit with the isolated inmate, jail officials led her down a stairway to a basement unit with 24-hour light. She said it appeared deserted except for Mr. Capay, who was in a cell surrounded by Plexiglas and illuminated by 24-hour light.

Ms. Mandhane became so concerned about his circumstances – along with speech and memory problems he displayed during a short conversation – that she relayed the story to two reporters on Tuesday.A correctional employee has confirmed the chief commissioner’s account is accurate.

“It was misdemeanour stuff,” Chief Bull said. “And for that, he got sent away to Thunder Bay.”

Serving time at Thunder Bay Correctional Centre in 2012, Mr. Capay, then 19 years of age, allegedly stabbed and killed another inmate. He was charged with first-degree murder and moved to the jail to await trial.

Last year, the proceedings were delayed so psychiatrists could assess Mr. Capay’s fitness to stand trial, according to a report in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal. He was cleared to face the charge.

“It was shocking when we heard about this,” Mr. Bull said of the murder charge. “My take on it is that he was intimidated by other inmates because he was small and not yet a man when he was sent there. He was pushed.”

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