Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 2, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday january 2, 1976 optimistic about Impact anti solitary ruling could Spur new Pri son Lawver Vancouver up the Federal government May be forced to build a new prison As a result of a Federal court ruling branding the solitary confinement unit at ish Columbia Penitentiary As cruel and unusual punish ment a lawyer involved in the Case says Donald Sorochan who re presented the group of prisoners who challenged the Penitentiary use solitary said the authorities now must improve conditions for prisoners who Are being held in solitary As a preventive measure to preserve the peace order and Good government of the institution. Or. Sorochan said these prisoners being held in administrative segregation were being treated As badly As those in solitary As a punishment they should get the same treatment As those who Are in segregation for their own Protection which Means they have All their he said there s no reason Why they should t be moved now into better accommodations. The Only problem is that there in t room for every body in the Wing where the protective custody cells Are. This decision May Force the government to build the new institution it has been planning without waiting for the miraculous consent of some Community which will accept it because there is no men s suits Tweed velvet Corduroy Crisp stripes 2 50% off to now to David Todd men s Wear 185 Crillon 943-2945 in j. We hunk i sons auction Sale saturday Jan. 3rd at 2 . Of very Fine modern and old time household furniture appliances . Seta in door outdoor carpeting Winter jackets tools dishes clothing and hundreds of other very Fine pieces. Note Sale commences at . On Small Ware. 2 . On furniture at j. W. Auction sales room 281 Logan ave. Phone 943-8321 Community that is going to do or. Sorochan said he was optimistic that the decision would have an Impact even though it does t make a specific order to improve conditions. Whin the court has made a declaration of Law there is a Long tradition in Britain and Here that the govern ment will he said. He said he would continue to Monitor the situation through his clients and he did not Rule out the possibility of further Legal action to strengthen their positions. John r. Haig the Justice department lawyer who re presented Warden Dragan Cernetig and the Canadian Penitentiary service said presumably the authorities will act on the decision after they have spent some time studying it. I m sure the authorities will respond said or. Haig. If the set up at the . Pen needs to be changed it will be Alta. My drops out of pc race Federal officials study Penitentiary judgment Ottawa up a Feder Al court ruling that solitary confinement is cruel and unusual punishment will have an effect on the Federal Pris on system a senior penitentiaries service official said wednesday. Penitentiaries commissioner Andre Therrien took the ruling by or. Justice Darrel Heald Home for More study. A. Aide said an a peal is possible. However the senior official said the service is not Happy with segregation and Isola Tion systems the source of criticism by commissions and inquiries for nearly 4fl years a week before the Heald ruling or. Therrien was handed a report on dissociation by a study group led by Ottawa sociologist j. C. Van or. Vantour commenting on the Heald decision said he can see Bow dissociation can be described As cruel and unusual punishment under certain circumstances. But that there Are top Many variables to make a sweeping judgment group looked at dissociation in 10 medium and maximum Security penitentiaries including the . Penitentiary Wing where one of the seven prisoners who appealed to the Federal court had been held for Days four years and 11 Days in solitary. Solitary is used to hold prisoners who Are hostile or who have broken prison rules. Segregation wings also Are used to hold prisoners such As sex offenders who Are in danger of being harmed by other prisoners. The Vantour group reported on the usefulness of Diso citation for punishment and its effectiveness As a Means of Protection for prisoners. Or Vantour would not com ment on tha report s conclusions. I meanwhile Inger Hansen appointed prisoner ombudsman in 1973 by solicitor general Warren Allmand is investigating a november in. Cadent at Millhaven. Maximum Security Penitentiary near Kingston .ont., in which tear Gas was used on prison ers in solitary and one Alle Gedly was beaten by guards. Solitary at Millhaven was described last june by Toronto lawyer David Humphrey As cruel and unusual. He spoke for two men held in solitary for following the stabbing of a Man in prison for rape. Police said they were unable to gain enough evidence to place charges of murder. Ottawa up progressive conservative my Paul Yew Chuff dropped out of his party s National leadership race wednesday taking a poke at Campaign practices and rules decreed by the pc National executive commit tee. Or. Yewchuk my for the Northern Alberta Riding of Athabasca cited excessive costs of a Campaign and the circus Lille atmosphere of the which now has 18 entrants. The sad fact of our sys tem of electing leaders is that leadership remains Lar gely the Domain of the wealthy he said at a news conference. As Long As such is the Case genuine democracy within the party Structure will remain More an Ideal than a fact. Or. Yewchuk a 38-year-old medical doctor from Lac la Biche Alta., said he estimated a Good Campaign would Cost or More. Some maps in the conservative caucus had pressed the party executive for set Ting of spending or Yewchuk said. To h e National executive committee of the party has rejected virtually All of the significant recommendations which our. Committee had made setting a stage for the kind of expensive and extravagant leadership races that we have seen in the . Or. Yewchuk. Said he can not participate in such a leadership Campaign. Personally i am not will ing to Lake the risk of saddling myself and my family with huge debts for the next decade in order to be in the leadership race there Are examples in the past candidates from our own last leadership convention going deeply into debt and taking years to pay that debt or. Yewchuk the father of six was not considered by Many observers to be a major contender for the leadership of the party. The present Leader Robert Stan Field retires in february. Or. Yewchuk also said the number of candidates now would have undesirable effects on the image of the party. Such a number of candidates or created a Cir like atmosphere sur rounding the leadership race and has created a situation where the vast majority of conservative delegates Are in a state of confusion As to what to he said. He suggested that the party might consider restricting candidacy to members of the Federal caucus. He said it was possible that provincial premiers such As Alberta Premier Lougheed might be an exception but he believed that or. Lougheed was not interested. Of the past five leaders of the party three had been provincial premiers before they entered Federal politics and none of them had been successful . 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Lucas fails in attempt to charge guard in death .n.ew, Westminster two prisoners who were involved in a hos Tage taking incident last june have lost an attempt to proceed with charges of murder and attempted murder against a guard at the British Columbia Penitentiary. Judge Hugh Ellis ruled i provincial court wednesday that an information sworn out by Andrew Bruce ind Dwight Lucas against guard Albert Hollinger fell Short of a Case against the guard. The two alleged that hoi linger murdered Mary Stein Hauser a prison classification officer who was being held hostage and attempted to murder Bruce during the hos Tage incident at the Penitentiary. Judge Ellis said he heard e v i d e n c e in private from Bruce in which the prisoner said he was shot twice jaw and once in the stomach. The judge said Bruce alleged that the third shot was fired slowly and deliberately by Hollinger. Judge Ellis found that Bruce was engaged in an unlawful act at the time and the scene was one of total confusion. I am unable to conclude therefore that h 1 i no e r found guilty of Cul Pable judge Ellis said. He made substantially the same ruling in the murder charge the prisoners tried to Institute against hoi linger. Bruce Lucas and clan Wil son another prisoner held 5 hostages during the incident. The three were subsequently charged with murder in the woman s death but the Crown later stayed the charges. Other charges including unlawful confinement at tempted extortion and at tempted escape Are still to be proceeded with. Full time employment experienced a Dick offset operators with Ituk experience to Start Jan. 6th, 1976. Top wages to the right people. Apply to or. Henry Armstrong Between 10 . It 4 . At 250 main St. Pm. Armstrong printing Ltd. 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