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Federal inmate Lisa Adams spoke out against the practice and launched a court case in 2020 attempting to have it banned across the country in federal prisons(Elizabeth Fry Society)
Nova Scotia is ending dry celling in its jails, doing away with a practice that places prisoners suspected of hiding contraband inside their bodies under strict surveillance at all times.
Justice Minister Mark Furey said Thursday the province believes that body scanning technology has reduced the need for it and the practice will be eliminated in provincial correctional facilities.
The dry cell is used when an inmate is suspected of ingesting drugs, weapons or other contraband or inserting it into a body cavity. The cell has round-the-clock lighting and no flushing toilet or running water. The inmate is watched by guards 24 hours a day, on the expectation the item will come out in the person s bodily waste.