Adam Capay: Injustice toward First Nations offenders in Canadian corrections

Authors

  • Katie O’Connor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/9tbr7568

Author Biography

  • Katie O’Connor

    Katie O’Connor is a recent graduate of the Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture at York and Ryerson Universities. her master’s research project examined the cultural construction of the serial killer in popular culture, and assessed how the serial killer is closely linked to consumer culture, representations of crime and criminal, transgression, and celebrity culture.

References

Andrew-Gee, Eric, & Blaze Baum, Kathryn. 2016, October 28). Adam Capay’s lonely path to solitary confinement. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/adam-capays-journey-through-prison-system-tells-sad-story/article32585480/

Ballingall, Alex, & Robinson, Michael. (2016, October 29). Murder and segregation: The story of Adam Capay and Sherman Quisses. The Toronto Star. Retrieved from https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/10/29/murder-and-segregation-the-story-of-adam-capay-and-sherman-quisses.html

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. (1982). Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c. 11.

Porter, Jody. (2016, November 28). Year-long segregation “a regular thing” at jail where Adam Capay is held, guard says. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/segregation-adam-capay-1.3868200

Prokopchuk, Matt. (2017, February 24). Lawyers for Adam Capay apply to have murder charge stayed. CBC News Thunder Bay. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/adam-capay-murder-stay-application-1.3996963

White, Patrick, & Morrow, Adrian. (2017, March 24). Adam Capay only moved from his cell due to renovations: Union official. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/man-held-in-solitary-for-four-years-moved-from-cell-because-of-renovations/article32536032/

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Published

2018-08-31

Issue

Summer 2018: Transgressing the nation-state: Constructs of Canadian identity

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Article

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How to Cite

Adam Capay: Injustice toward First Nations offenders in Canadian corrections. (2018). Canada Watch. https://doi.org/10.25071/9tbr7568