April 28, 2013 880 AM NEWS - Alberta prison guards fighting back When the provincial government ignored concerns raised by guards around the new Edmonton remand centre, an entire shift of 70 guards staged a wildcat strike. Two … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
Victims rights
April 27, 2013 by
April 24, 2013 Department of Justice – Government of Canada Government of Canada Launches Consultations on the Victims Bill of Rights Consultations open to the public will be hosted on-line from May 1 to June 30, 2013. Those interested … [Read more...]
Don Butler on restorative justice as justice for all: what it is, what it does, what the future may hold
April 22, 2013 by
This award-winning Ottawa Citizen series by Don Butler highlights with vivid examples and legal critique how the concept of ‘restorative justice’ is reshaping the way we think about criminals and crime. In eight parts it explores: the origins and … [Read more...]
Neighbourhood court
April 20, 2013 by
April 20, 2013 Daily Democrat (Woodland, CA) Yolo County District Attorney hopes Neighborhood Court will reduce repeat offenses More common perhaps in the UK, this is the second example of neighbourhood courts in California to date. … [Read more...]
BC dissatisfied
April 19, 2013 by
April 19, 2013 The Globe and Mail BC Polling Analysis: Mario Canseco British Columbians are deeply dissatisfied with justice system In the light of the coming BC election, Canseco does an analysis of the candidates and their posture on … [Read more...]
Governing through crime
April 18, 2013 by
April 18, 2013 Berkeley Blog – Jonathan Simon ‘Mass incarceration now, tomorrow, forever’: Gov. Jerry Brown and the politics of court bashing Simon says that California’s struggle with the orders of the Supreme Court to reduce prison … [Read more...]
Unpardonable pardoning
April 17, 2013 by
April 17, 2013 Calgary Herald – Kris Kanizsai Kanizsai: How Harper's tough-on-crime law has ruined me A personal story about the basic unfairness of the changes brought to the pardon process result in the loss of several promising jobs and … [Read more...]
Conservative correctional policy – US and UK
April 16, 2013 by
April 15, 2013 US and UK developments in correctional policy From Catherine Latimer of John Howard: I have been following with interest the evolution of corrections policy in the US driven by the 'right'. There is an undeniable logic … [Read more...]