There are segregation practices around the world that I think we can learn from. I think that the Correctional Service of Canada has demonstrated that a more rigorous application of the existing legal and policy framework results in fewer individual placements into segregation. Segregation placements this year are down without legislative guidance, but I think to sustain that we need legislative guidance.
I think there should be prohibitions against segregating some identified populations, and we've identified those populations in our recommendations. I think there needs to be more external oversight. There needs to be increased accountability for what is the most austere and the harshest forms of custody, and that's being locked in an extremely small space for 23 hours out of every day.
Right now segregation can be indefinite and that should not be the case.