//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71350Anne Minh-ThuQuachAnneMinh-Thu-QuachSalaberry—SuroîtNew Democratic Party CaucusQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/QuachAnneMinhThu_NDP.jpgGovernment OrdersCorrections and Conditional Release ActInterventionMs. Anne Minh-Thu Quach (Salaberry—Suroît, NDP): (1740)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, many experts have spoken out against this bill.As the member said, we are talking about structured intervention units, which is just another way of saying “administrative segregation”. The member said this bill reduces the amount of time in administrative segregation from 22 or 23 hours to 20 hours. Wow, what an improvement.Has the member ever tried locking herself in a room for 20 hours a day, for several days in a row, to see what it does to her body? As I have been saying all afternoon, it has been proven that permanent effects on mental health begin to emerge after 48 hours. These are permanent effects that continue to linger afterwards. These individuals have very little time to access programming, only four hours, in fact.As the B.C. Supreme Court and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice have ruled, indefinite administrative segregation is unconstitutional. The provisions set out in the bill allow for an indefinite period of time, which could be 90 days or 150 days. No one knows.On top of that, there is no independent oversight. The correctional investigator of Canada also criticized the fact that there are no procedural safeguards to prevent misuse. He foresees many possible cases of misuse and predicts that more and more inmates could be segregated in SIUs. The member is so proud of SIUs, but I think they are very cruel.C-83, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another ActConstitutionalityCorrectional servicesGovernment billsImprisonment and prisonersReport stageSolitary confinementStructured intervention unit5792057LindaLapointeRivière-des-Mille-ÎlesLindaLapointeRivière-des-Mille-ÎlesINTERVENTIONParliament and SessionOrder of BusinessDiscussed TopicProcedural TermPerson SpeakingProvince / TerritoryCaucusSearchResults per pageOrder byTarget search languageSide by SideMaximum returned rowsPagePUBLICATION TYPE