Archives for June 2014

Orange – the new black…

   June 12, 2014   Ottawa Citizen – Justin Piche Orange need not be the new black Piche is at the University of Ottawa and promoting the International Conference on Penal Abolition (U of Ottawa – June 13-15).  He thinks that, with over 10 … [Read more...]

Red flags…

   June 11, 2014  Toronto Star – Editorial Red flags over Canada’s approach to detaining migrants who pose a flight risk  Canada appears to endorse ‘endless detention’ for failed refuges whom some immigration officials fear will not show up … [Read more...]

Human rights and privacy…

  June 9, 2014   Toronto Star – Robert Cribb Human Rights Code gives convicted Ontarians more workplace protection than the innocent   There’s a fly in the ointment at the Human Rights Commission.  If the police have any notation about you in … [Read more...]

C-36: More SCC to come?

   June 7, 2014 National Newswatch – Don Lenihan Prostitution and the politics of justice   Lenihan, and most experts agree that the new prostitution laws will wind up challenged in court and that Peter MacKay has known the laws will not pass … [Read more...]

Psychiatric beds…

    June 5, 2014 –  Global TV News – Anna Mehler Paperny  Ottawa considers closing some prison psychiatric beds: Watchdog   Corrections Canada is cutting $300 million from its operations.  Last month the hours for nurses was reduced and now … [Read more...]

SCC and Bedford…

 June 4, 2014  CBC News – Susanna Mas Prostitution bill would make it illegal to buy, sell sex in public  Peter MacKay started his press conference saying that for the first time prostitution is illegal in Canada.  Supposedly intended to crack … [Read more...]

Nursing care…

  June 3, 2014  iPolitics News - Annie Bergeron-Oliver Guards and nurses raise red flag over cuts to prison nursing hours  On April 1, 2014, Correctional Services of Canada quietly reduced the hours for nurses serving the inmate populations of … [Read more...]