Premier Wynne calls inmate’s 52-month segregation ‘extremely disturbing’

Premier Kathleen Wynne says the treatment of an inmate held in segregation for four years is “extremely disturbing”.

Adam Capay was in isolation for 52 months at a Thunder Bay, Ont. jail, while awaiting trial on a murder charge in connection with death of another inmate.

He was held in a Plexiglas cell with the lights on 24-hours a day. Capay was moved to a standard cell, with access to a day room, television and telephone after his case gained public attention.

“I’m very troubled by it” Wynne said. “It’s disturbing. It shouldn’t have happened. It’s unacceptable. The status quo is unacceptable, which is why we’ve already changed the rules around segregation.”

Wynne says as they are doing a review, officials should be checking to see if any other inmates are in a situation like Capay.