Inmates continue legal fight to wear upside-down maple leaf t-shirts in prison
It's a fight over t-shirts, but it's not about fashion. In 2010, inmates at Joyceville Institution in Ontario ordered T-shirts featuring an upside down maple leaf. The federal Public Safety Minister ordered the shirts taken away, saying they dishonoured those who uphold the law. ...
It's a fight over t-shirts, but it's not about fashion. In 2010, inmates at Joyceville Institution in Ontario ordered T-shirts featuring an upside down maple leaf. The federal Public Safety Minister ordered the shirts taken away, saying they dishonoured those who uphold the law.
Since then, prisoners have tried to file a class-action lawsuit to allow them wear the shirts. Last month, an Ontario judge ruled the lawsuit could not go ahead.
But today, they continued the fight by filing an appeal to that decision. Shane Martinez is a lawyer representing the prisoners. He tells guest host Susan Bonner "It's not about who they are, or their personal backgrounds...it's about a violation of freedom of expression."