The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled federal inmates can challenge the refusal to transfer them to lower security prisons on the grounds their liberty is deprived.

In a six-to-three ruling, the high court said federal prisoners may access a hearing, known as habeas corpus, to argue before a judge that the conditions they’re imprisoned in are too restrictive.

The case was filed by two federal prisoners who were denied transfers from medium- to minimum-security prisons. The move was recommended by both of their case-management teams, but denied by senior correctional officials.

The inmates, named Frank Dorsey and Ghassan Salah, tried to overturn their security reclassification rejections in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The judge dismissed both applications, saying habeas corpus

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