Nov 29, 2022 Blogger Russell Webster (UK) – Restorative Justice saves money - Why me? Economic Evaluation of Restorative Justice found that the cost-social benefit of RJ was £14 for every £1 invested The Why me? in the UK has tabled a report on a … [Read more...]
Your children’s children…
July 26, 2018 by
July 26, 2018 Huffington Post / Evidence Network.ca Canada Is Sending A Generation Of Indigenous Children To Jail - To call these numbers of incarcerated Indigenous people a crisis would be the understatement of the century. The article is a … [Read more...]
Parent and child…
June 28, 2018 by
June 28, 2018 Global News – Brian Hill Canada blocks teen from reuniting with family despite Taliban death threats …according to regulations created by Immigration Canada, parents and siblings of child refugees are not considered “family … [Read more...]
Human rights and compensation…
July 14, 2017 by
July 14, 2017 Toronto Star – Azeezah Kanji The ‘odious’ logic behind opposition to Khadr’s compensation The apology and the recompense to Omar Khadr has clearly riled many Canadians. Kanji tries to present the minority side of the issues, … [Read more...]
FASD & holes…
September 4, 2016 by
Sept 5, 2016 The Tyee – Katie Hyslop In Downtown Eastside, Jim’s Story Shows Holes in Vast Net of Systems and Services This is a two part series on the role that housing and FASD, among other social problems, plays in the life of an Indigenous … [Read more...]
Absurdly punitive…
May 16, 2016 by
May 16, 2016 Toronto Star – Editorial (May 13, 2016) Undo Harper’s punitive pardon policy As the Liberal government begins an assessment of the changes brought under the Conservative tough-on-crime laws, issues involved the practices around … [Read more...]
Full Body scanners…
May 3, 2016 by
May 2, 2016 Ontario Government Ministry of Social and Correctional Services - Minister Yasir Naqvi Full-body Scanners to be installed in all Adult Correctional Facilities In the middle of some terrible conditions and continual disruptions, … [Read more...]
Jail time?
March 29, 2016 by
March 25, 2016 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Judge suspends cocaine trafficking sentence for indigenous man Robert McGill, 40, was convicted of trafficking with a third of a kilogram of cocaine worth about $15,000. But he is also Aboriginal and … [Read more...]
Ghomeshi’s lesson…
March 29, 2016 by
March 29, 2016 GUTS Canada’s Feminist Magazine – Katie Toth After not guilty: On Sexual Assault and the Carceral State Toth explores with several prominent women the capacity of the justice system and the carceral solution to redress the various … [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...]