Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1 Solitary Confinement and the Rise of the Penitentiary
Solitary Confinement and the Rise of the Penitentiary

Chapter 2 The Evolution of Penitentiary Discipline in Canada
Canadas First Penitentiary: Cruel and Unusual Punishment in the Nineteenth Century
Solitary Confinement after 1850: The Prison of Isoolation, Canadas Radical Reform

Chapter 3 Solitary Confinement in the Age of Corrections: Cruel and Unusual Punishment in the Twentieth Century

The Origins of a Prisoners Rights Case: McCann v The Queen
Solitary Confinement in the BC Penitentiary

Chapter 4 McCann v. The Queen: The Structure of the Legal Argument
The Structure of the Legal Argument
The Role of the Courts in the Prison: The Rationale for Intervention
Cruel and Unusual Punishment ot Treatment
Cruel and Unusual Punishment ot Treatment: The Principles Applied to Solitary Confinement
The Judgment of the Court on Cruel and Ususual Punishment
Procedural Fairness and Solitary Confinement
The Judgment of the Courts on Procedural Fairness - McCann to Martineau

Chapter 5 The Penitentiaries’ Response to the McCann Case: Canada’s New Prisons of Isolation
The Vantour Report
The Winds of Change or the Window of Contempt?
The Parliamentary Subcommittee and the Justice Model of Corrections
Administrative Segregation in the 1980s

Chapter 6 A Model for Reform
A Model for Reform
The Criteria for Segregation
A Hearing and Review Process for Segregation
The Conditions of Segregation
The Future of Special Handling Units

Chapter 7 The Case for Entrenchment of Prisoners Rights
The Case for Entrenchment of Prisoners Rights