Proposed Class Action Law Suit Against Waypoint for Over-Use of Prolonged Locked Seclusion

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Anita Szigeti

Proposed class action against Waypoint for prolonged use of locked seclusion. This is a very important and pervasive issue. While we recognize the devastating effect of segregation in prisons and jails, we as a society have failed to examine the use of locked seclusion in psychiatric facilities. The irony is that our NCR clients are routinely transferred to Waypoint because lower level of security in other institutions would require the patient / client’s ongoing seclusion. The whole idea of perimeter security at the maximum level is intended to provide more freedom. Waypoint denies the allegations of over-use of seclusion. The matter is before the Superior Court of Justice as a proposed class action law suit.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-waypoint-centre-for-mental-health-care-faces-solitary-confinement/

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About Anita Szigeti

• Called to the Bar (1992) • U of T Law grad (1990) • Sole practitioner (33 years) • Partner in small law firm (Hiltz Szigeti) 2002 - 2013 • Mom to two astonishing kids, Scarlett (20+) and Sebastian (20-) • (Founding) Chair of Mental Health Legal Committee for ten years (1997 to 2007) * Founding President of Law and Mental Disorder Association - LAMDA since 2017 * Founder and Secretary to Women in Canadian Criminal Defence - WiCCD - since 2022 • Counsel to clients with serious mental health issues before administrative tribunals and on appeals • Former Chair, current member of LAO’s mental health law advisory committee • Educator, lecturer, widely published author (including 5 text books on consent and capacity law, Canadian civil mental health law, the criminal law of mental disorder, a law school casebook and a massive Anthology on all things mental health and the law) • Thirty+ years’ experience as counsel to almost exclusively legally aided clients • Frequently appointed amicus curiae • Fearless advocate • Not entirely humourless
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