CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Running head: CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE1
1. Main goals of the text
This paper explores the role that can be played by the legal proceedings in resolving the
human rights crisis in Canada concerning solitary confinement while researching the relationship
between prisoner rights litigation and broader social anti-carceral movements. It has been
observed that in the US criminal justice system the human rights of the prisoners have been
violated by the system of solitary confinement. In the name of this system, people get tortured,
faced inhuman, cruel and humiliating treatment or punishment which can cause permanent
psychological damage to the prisoner (Kelsall, 2014).
In the final part of the paper, the Author to achieve this goal focused on the instances of
anti-carceral lawyering efforts and recognized certain essentials of a prison protestor lawyering
ethics. It is the right of the prisoners to obtain a release or seek restitution or reduction of the
punishment from inhumane conditions of imprisonment. However, in the criminal justice system
of the U.S., the prisoners can't move legally for their rights. This problem can only be solved or
the goal can only be achieved through litigation and a prison abolitionist lawyering ethic (Parkes,
2017).
2. Specific arguments of the Author
In this paper, the author argued that the excessive and continuous use of solitary
confinement or segregation in Canadian jails is a significant human rights concern of gender and
ethnic aspect. For comparatively minor offences and mental health purposes, women might be
disproportionately forced into space, and Aboriginal women and men are highly represented
among those in solitary confinement (Parkes, 2017).