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| Testimony reveals legal help denied |
| By Telegraph-Journal |
| Published: 11/15/2007 |
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CANADA - On Sept. 24, 19-year-old Ashley Smith, imprisoned in a segregation cell in an Ontario prison for women, asked a visiting prisoners' advocate to get answers about whether the conditions of her confinement violated her human rights. Smith, alone in a cell with nothing except a loose gown - not even a mattress or a blanket - was denied a pencil to sign a form authorizing the advocate to act on her behalf. Instead, a [CO] was fetched to witness Smith's request. Smith had also been told she might be declared a dangerous offender. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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