Task Force Report on Administrative Segregation

B. Acknowledgments

The composition of the Task Force represented a balance of members drawn from both within and outside the Correctional Service of Canada:

• Bud Bannon, Regional Headquarters, Ontario Region, CSC
• Charles Haskell, Legal Services, National Headquarters, CSC
• Michael Jackson, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
• Dan Kane, Chairperson, CSC
• Fred Kapusta, Regional Headquarters, Atlantic Region, CSC
• Jim LaPlante, National Headquarters, CSC
• Janice Many Grey Horses, Regional Headquarters, Prairies Region, CSC
• Doug McGregor, Regional Headquarters, Pacific Region, CSC
• Daniel Merineau, Regional Reception Centre, Quebec Region, CSC
• Patricia Monture Angus, Professor, Native Studies, University of Saskatchewan
• Todd Sloan, Counsel, Office of the Correctional Investigator
• Trish Trainor, National Headquarters, CSC
• Paul Urmson, Regional Headquarters, Prairies Region, CSC
• Ivan Zinger, National Headquarters, CSC

The members from the Service reflected operational and policy perspectives of National Headquarters and the operational experience of managers in all five regions of the Service. The outside membership was drawn from the Office of the Correctional Investigator, represented by its legal counsel, Todd Sloan, and two consultants, Professor Michael Jackson and Professor Patricia Monture Angus.

The input and expertise of Mr. Sloan, while maintaining the Correctional Investigator's statutory role of independent review from the perspective of the problems of offenders, was a major contribution to the development of the mandate of the Task Force and its final report. Professor Jackson, who teaches at the University of British Columbia Law School, brought to the deliberations of the Task Force his experience of over 25 years of research on the administration of justice inside federal penitentiaries, including research directed to the law and practice of segregation. Professor Monture Angus is a respected scholar in the areas of Aboriginal justice and the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian justice system and is a Mohawk from Six Nations who currently resides at the Thunderchild (Cree) First Nations in Saskatchewan. Professor Monture Angus was a member of the 1991 Working Group of the Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women. She brought to the deliberations of the Task Force the critical importance of understanding the impact of correctional policies on the lives of Aboriginal people and the extent to which supposedly neutral policies and practices can contribute to systemic discrimination against Aboriginal people. The need to be respectful of the distinct experiences of Aboriginal people in the Canadian justice system was also reflected in the involvement of Janice Many Grey Horses, a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy, who works for CSC in the Prairie region.

Other Participants:

• Kelley Blanchette, Research, National Headquarters, CSC
• Jackie Bulmer, National Headquarters, CSC
• Ginette Collin, Legal Services, Regional Headquarters, Quebec Region, CSC
• Fabien Lengellé, Legal Services, National Headquarters, CSC
• Chris Manuge, Regional Headquarters, Atlantic Region, CSC
• Larry Motiuk, Research, National Headquarters, CSC
• Julie Renaud, National Headquarters, CSC
• Dan Rowan, National Headquarters, CSC
• Bill Staubi, National Headquarters, CSC

Audit Team Members:

• Chantal Albert, Regional Headquarters, Atlantic Region, CSC
• Mel Auten, Regional Headquarters, Prairie Region, CSC
• Ken Baughan, Ottawa District Office, CSC
• Winston Brant, Regional Headquarters, Ontario Region, CSC
• Michel Brosseau, Regional Headquarters, Quebec Region, CSC
• Michelle Carpentier, National Headquarters, CSC
• Mike Charron, National Headquarters, CSC
• John Costello, William Head Institution, CSC
• Richard Crépin, Regional Headquarters, Quebec Region, CSC
• Holly Frazer, Atlantic Institution, CSC
• Stewart Harris, National Headquarters, CSC
• Pam Haslam, National Headquarters, CSC
• Diane Hedge, National Headquarters, CSC
• Marie-Thérèse Hokayem, National Headquarters, CSC
• Robert Hurtubise, Regional Headquarters, Atlantic Region, CSC
• Julie Keravel, National Headquarters, CSC
• Serge Lavergne, Atlantic Institution, CSC
• Dale Leclair, National Headquarters, CSC
• Heather Lockwood, National Headquarters, CSC
• Lucille Matte, National Headquarters, CSC
• Dan MacPherson, Dorchester Penitentiary, CSC
• Christina Power, National Headquarters, CSC
• Jim Roberts, National Headquarters, CSC
• Susan Roberts, National Headquarters, CSC
• John Rose, Federal Training Centre, CSC
• Mike Ryan, Joyceville Institution, CSC
• Yvan Thibault, Collins Bay Institution, CSC
• Steve Wilson, National Headquarters, CSC
• Diane Zilkowsky, National Headquarters, CSC

The Task Force Reviewing Administrative Segregation would like to express its appreciation to all of those who have helped it gain a better understanding of the many legal, operational, and ethical issues associated with segregation policies and procedures. We would like to acknowledge the efforts of staff members in the Correctional Service of Canada who have contributed to a more professional and accountable administrative segregation process. We would also like to thank the various external stakeholders for their contributions to the Task Force`s work. Finally, we would like to express our appreciation to those offenders who participated in the consultation process during the Task Force's institutional visits as well as those segregated inmates who responded to our questionnaire.