Jails and Prisons

Open Letter Calling for Canada to Stop the Use of Provincial Jails for Immigration Detention

By Global Detention Project on 7 March 2023

The GDP has joined 39 Canadian and international organisations in an open letter calling on Canadian authorities to cease detaining migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in provincial jails. As the GDP has previously documented, Canada has regularly attracted criticism for its persistent use of jails for immigration detention – and in particular, for its placement […]

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