A unanimous decision by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal states a prisoner was treated unfairly when he was moved to a more restrictive unit at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre without him being involved in the decision making. It sets a precedent that there needs to be procedural fairness applied to unit placement decisions. Jamie Myles Mecredi was sentenced to serve 198 days in Jail and with about a month and a half left to serve, he was moved from a unit where inmates were allowed to roam for up to 15 hours a day to a unit where inmates only got 8 hours a day out of a group cell. The John Howard Society of Saskatchewan applauds the ruling. CEO Shawn Fraser says this is the first decision of its kind and will have an impact on how prisoners are placed.