Sept 11, 2015 N.Y. Times (US) – Shaila Dewan The Collateral Victims of Criminal Justice This article started in the context of lesser penalties for corporate crime because the penalty may harm the lives of innocent employees and others … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
The business of detention…
September 9, 2015 by
Sept 9, 2015 Herald News (Halifax) – Andrea Gunn Springhill prison: More money spent, but fewer inmates We sometimes forget that besides being a prison, a prison is a business and needs customers. Springhill is a medium security prison in … [Read more...]
Secret Status of women…
September 7, 2015 by
Sept 7, 2015 CBC News – Dean Beeby Secret Status of Women report paints grim picture for Canada - Internal Harper government report speaks candidly of violence, poverty, wage gap affecting women A report dated Feb. 10 and generated by the … [Read more...]
HR and compassion…
September 6, 2015 by
Sept 6, 2015 Huffington Post / Human Rights Watch - Kenneth Roth The Refugee Crisis That Isn’t The current furor around the refugee crisis in Europe is misplaced says Human Rights Watch. In fact, there is a political crisis around refugee … [Read more...]
Temporary vs permanent…
September 3, 2015 by
Sept 3, 2015 Vancouver Sun – Tara Carman Canada favours temporary residents to permanent: report - Former immigration minister Jason Kenney calls findings ‘complete rubbish’ Harsha Walia, a co-author of the report entitled Never Home: … [Read more...]
Another…
September 2, 2015 by
Sept 1, 2015 Vancouver Sun - Ian Mulgrew: Ivan Henry’s lawyer lambastes Crown’s case - Vancouver police, prosecutors used unethical, ‘pathetic’ evidence against wrongfully convicted man Ivan Henry spent 27 years in jail for conviction on … [Read more...]