19. Where an inmate is involuntarily confined in administrative segregation, the institutional head or a staff member designated in accordance with paragraph 6(1)(c) shall give the inmate notice in writing of the reasons for the segregation within one working day after the inmate's confinement.

20. Where an inmate is involuntarily confined in administrative segregation by a staff member designated in accordance with paragraph 6(1) (c), the institutional head shall review the order within one working day after the confinement and shall confirm the confinement or order that the inmate be returned to the general inmate population.

21. (1) Where an inmate is involuntarily confined in administrative segregation, the institutional head shall ensure that the person or persons referred to in section 33 of the Act who have been designated by the institutional head, which person or persons shall be known as a Segregation Review Board, are informed of the involuntary confinement.

    (2) A Segregation Review Board referred to in subsection (1) shall conduct a hearing

within five working days after the inmate's confinement in administrative segregation; and

at least once every 30 days thereafter that the inmate remains in administrative segregation.

    (3) The institutional head shall ensure that an inmate who is the subject of a Segregation Review Board hearing pursuant to subsection (2)

is given, at least three working days before the hearing, notice in writing of the hearing and the information that the Board will be considering at the hearing;

is given an opportunity to be present and to make representations at the hearing; and

is advised in writing of the Board's recommendation to the institutional head and the reasons for the recommendation.

22. Where an inmate is confined in administrative segregation, the head of the region or a staff member in the regional headquarters who is designated by the head of the region shall review the inmate's case at least once every 60 days that the inmate remains in administrative segregation to determine whether, based on the considerations set out in section 31 of the Act, the administrative segregation of the inmate continues to be justified.

23. Where an inmate is voluntarily confined in administrative segregation by a staff member designated in accordance with paragraph 6(1)(c), the institutional head shall review the order within one working day after the confinement and shall confirm the confinement or order that the inmate be returned to the general inmate population.

Corresponding Act: Sections 31-37 Administrative Segregation