A Man Spends 4 Years in Solitary Awaiting Trial
The Jill Bennett Show · CKNW / Curiouscast
Show Notes
Guest: Breese Davies
Lawyer at Breese Davies law, worked on Ashley Smith inquest (19 y/o who committed suicide after being held in solitary for 28 months)
The use of solitary confinement here in Canada has come under fire this week, after news broke about a 23 year old aboriginal man has spent the last 4 years in solitary confinement as he waits a trail for the murder of a fellow prisoner. Adam Capay has spent that past 4 years in a basement, along, in a plexiglass cell with a light 24 hours a day. Since the story came out this week, Capay has been moved to a new cell, but has apparently been having problems communicating to people and speaking.
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