Is a prison authority authorized to make decisions?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Thilson v. Mountain Institution, 2011 BCSC 874 (CanLII):
Romilly J., writing at para 30. in Athwal v. Ferndale Institution, 2006 BCSC 1386 [Athwal], commented that prison authorities authorized to make decisions acquire a certain expertise in the complex balancing act they engage in when making their decisions. He found this called for greater judicial deference:
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