Sept 28, 2017 CBC News – Alison Crawford Border agency reports big drop in number of long-term detainees - CBSA has finalized plans to build 2 new immigration holding centres and to retrofit another The goal seems to be to have three detention … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2017
Alternatives…
September 27, 2017 by
Sept 27, 2017 Fordham Law News (US) – John Pfaff A Better Approach to Violent Crime Pfaff begins his commentary with the frightful enumeration of the current mass incarceration circumstances. The US imprisonment rate is 370% higher than the UK … [Read more...]
More jails or more community…
September 25, 2017 by
Sept 25, 2017 Blogger Justin Piché - University of Ottawa and co-founder of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP) Carceral expansion and organizations that serve the criminalized Justin Piché has noted a fair amount of prison … [Read more...]
Singing…
September 23, 2017 by
Sept 23, 2017 Toronto Star – Michael Cook and Badylon Kawanda Why the birds stopped singing Much of our discussions about refugees is focused on the settlement issues once the greater part of the ordeal of flight is over and the refugees are safe … [Read more...]
Right at home…
September 21, 2017 by
Sept 21, 2017 Homelesshub.ca – A Way Home Canada and Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Stephen Gaetz; Erin Dej; Tim Richter; Melanie Redman A Policy Brief – The State of Homelessness in Canada 2016 Many in advocacy for social justice are used … [Read more...]
6 years…
September 20, 2017 by
Sept 20, 2017 Toronto Star – Wendy Gillis Police tribunal puts spotlight on Black teen’s interaction with officer in cruiser Justice, even inquiry, seems to come slowly for some. This case dates from November 2011 in which a group of four Black … [Read more...]
Driving grass…
September 19, 2017 by
Sept 19, 2017 Globe and Mail – Canadian Press Ontario plans tougher penalties for drug-impaired drivers The feds have already announced the intent to reduce the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) from the current .08 to .05, making the .05 a criminal … [Read more...]
Abuse causes imprisonment…
September 17, 2017 by
Sept 17, 2017 Common Dreams (US) – Sarah Lazare Locked Up for Surviving: The Untold Story of the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline - New study concludes that a history of abuse is not just a predictor of future incarceration—it is a cause This … [Read more...]
Apology: LGBT…
September 16, 2017 by
Sept 16, 2017 Globe and Mail – John Ibbitson Federal government to announce advisory council for apology to LGBT Canadians The federal government has begun to compose an advisory committee charged with helping government to address the issue of … [Read more...]
Teen suicide…
September 14, 2017 by
Sept 14, 2017 National Post – Dr. Mike Sosteric Teen suicide is on the rise and this is why The commentary comes from the context of World Suicide Prevention Sunday just past (Sept 10). Sosteric draws attention to the highest rates of suicide … [Read more...]