Ontario Solitary Confinement Class Action – April 28, 2022
April 28, 2022
The parties have negotiated a Protocol for the distribution of base-level damages to the Class, and for additional individual awards of damages. The Protocol is described in the Short Form Notice and Long Form Notice. The Court will decide whether to approve that Protocol on August 11, 2022.
Please read the Short Form Notice and Long Form Notice to see your rights at this stage.
- If you are a Class member and you support the Protocol, you do not need to do anything right now. If the Court approves the Protocol, you will be notified when you can submit a claim for compensation.
- If you are a Class member and you object to the Protocol, you must file your objection before July 25, 2022, as described in the Long Form Notice.
If you were placed in administrative segregation in an Ontario Correctional Institution between September 19, 2018 and August 18, 2021, you may be a member of the “Post-2018” Class. On March 15, 2022, the Court certified a second class action to proceed on behalf of this Class. You can find the full Class definition for the Post-2018 Class in the as described in the Short Form Notice and Long Form Notice. The parties have reached a proposed Settlement Agreement in this class action, and a proposed Protocol for both actions, and both are described in the Short Form Notice and Long Form Notice. The Court will decide whether to approve that Protocol on August 11, 2022.
- If you are a member a member of the Post-2018 Class and you wish to stay in the Class, and you support the Settlement and Protocol, you do not need to do anything right now. If the Court approves the Protocol, you will be notified when you can submit a claim for compensation.
- If you are a member of the Post-2018 Class, and you wish to exclude yourself from the class action (opt out), you must do so by July 25, 2022, as described in the Long Form Notice.
- If you are a member of the Post-2018 Class, and you object to the Settlement or Protocol, you must file your objection before July 25, 2022, as described in the Long Form Notice.
For more information, and all complete documents and Forms, visit the Administrator’s website: www.ontarioadministrativesegregation.ca
