Professor Ruby Dhand and Assistant Professor Kate Mitchell of the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University advocated at the Supreme Court of Canada on Oct. 13. In Durrell Diggs, et al. v. Attorney General of Nova Scotia, et al., the Supreme Court of Canada considered the importance of the availability of habeas corpus applications for prisoners and declaratory relief in the context of operational or policy decisions.

Dhand is part of a legal team on behalf of the Mental Health Legal Advocacy Coalition advocating on behalf of people with mental health issues, including prisoners and forensic psychiatric detainees. Mitchell is part of a legal team on behalf of the Canadian Prison Law Association advocating for prisoners’ rights.

The case was webcast live and will be archived here.