Manitoba Solitary Confinement Class Action

A settlement worth up to $129 million has been reached in this class action against the Government of Manitoba concerning the use of Segregation in Manitoba Provincial Custodial Facilities. On June 4, 2026, the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench approved the settlement. The Short Form Notice of Settlement Approval is available here . The Long Form Notice of Settlement Approval is available here .

The Claims Period opened on August 24, 2026, and will close on August 24, 2027.

For more information on submitting a claim, please visit the Administrator’s website: https://proactio.ca/en/class-action/manitobasegregation/ .

You may be eligible if you were alive as of September 12, 2016 and, in a Manitoba Provincial Custodial Facility:

• while under the age of 18, you were placed in Segregation for at least 6 consecutive hours between September 12, 2006 and June 4, 2026 ( Youth Class ); or you were placed in Segregation for at least 22 consecutive hours between September 12, 2012 and June 4, 2026 while suffering from a defined Mental Illness that Manitoba knew or ought to have known about ( SMI Class ); or you were placed in Segregation for 15 or more consecutive days between September 12, 2012 and June 4, 2026 ( Prolonged Class ).
• while under the age of 18, you were placed in Segregation for at least 6 consecutive hours between September 12, 2006 and June 4, 2026 ( Youth Class ); or
• you were placed in Segregation for at least 22 consecutive hours between September 12, 2012 and June 4, 2026 while suffering from a defined Mental Illness that Manitoba knew or ought to have known about ( SMI Class ); or
• you were placed in Segregation for 15 or more consecutive days between September 12, 2012 and June 4, 2026 ( Prolonged Class ).

“Segregation” generally means a placement coming within the definition of segregation under Manitoba’s Correctional Services Regulation , including quiet room placements, observation, confinement and isolation, and transitional confinement.

Depending on your circumstances, eligible Class Members may receive a Base Payment of up to $9,000 for Youth Inmates, $6,000 for SMI Inmates, or $3,000 for Prolonged Inmates . Class Members may also be eligible for additional compensation if they experienced lengthy or repeated placements in Segregation or suffered specific and recorded harms. The maximum total compensation available is $100,000 for Youth Inmates, $91,000 for SMI Inmates, and $88,000 for Prolonged Inmates .

Certain placements are presumptively statute-barred. This means you can only make a claim in relation to those placements through the Statute-Barred Claims Process. This applies if:

• your only adult placements in Segregation ended before September 12, 2016 and you did not suffer from a Serious Mental Illness; or you turned 18 on or before September 12, 2012 and your youth placements in Segregation ended before September 12, 2012.
• your only adult placements in Segregation ended before September 12, 2016 and you did not suffer from a Serious Mental Illness; or
• you turned 18 on or before September 12, 2012 and your youth placements in Segregation ended before September 12, 2012.

If this applies to you, you should fill out a Claim Form and indicate that you wish to make a Statute-Barred Claim. The Administrator or Class Counsel will contact you regarding the Statute-Barred Claims Process. To succeed in relation to a presumptively statute-barred placement, you will need to establish that you were a person under a disability for a sufficient period of time such that your claim is not statute-barred.

You must submit a fully completed Claim Form to the Administrator by August 24, 2027, or else you will not be eligible for any money.

To complete the Claim Form online, visit the Manitoba Segregation Claims Portal .