Mar 10, 2021 Globe and Mail – Kristy Kirkup Correctional Service of Canada fails to track employees accused of sexual assault in prisons At least three guards have been charged with sex crimes in recent years at The Nova Institution for Women, … [Read more...]
Still there…
October 1, 2020 by
Oct 1, 2020 National RJ Symposium: Amplify, Invite and Modify Call for presenters – Deadline Oct. 5, 2020 – Virtual Symposium Nov. 16, 17 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NRJS2020/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/2020NRJS Canadian … [Read more...]
Women offenses…
June 4, 2020 by
June 4, 2020 Prison Reform Trust and Blogger Russell Webster – Sarah Beresford Domestic abuse is a driver of women's offending Guest author Beresford present a view which would suggest it is time for a second look at the process of sentencing … [Read more...]
To be free…
April 15, 2019 by
April 15, 2019 Globe and Mail – Patrick White Supreme Court grants federal prisons reprieve on 15-day solitary-confinement cap Just a few days ago, the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered recompense for inmates in solitary and ordered a limit of 15 … [Read more...]
Another wave?
January 14, 2019 by
Jan 14, 2019 MacLean’s - Andrew McDougal The one question Conservatives need to answer before they say anything As the 2019 federal election looms over us, and we recognize some gains in restorative justice measures after the Harper tough-on-crime … [Read more...]
New look for SCC…
June 26, 2018 by
June 25, 2018 National Post – John Ivison Canada's new chief justice keen to drag Supreme Court into the light - Wagner indicated Canadians can expect more dissenting opinions than was the norm when McLachlin was chief justice. 'I like dissent. … [Read more...]
The Rainbow pot…
November 21, 2017 by
Nov. 19, 2017 CTV News – Don Martin Retired cops chasing pot of gold at the end of legalization rainbow The provinces are beginning to roll out their individual approach to the new marketplace created by the coming legalization of marijuana. … [Read more...]
Forthright speaking…
March 23, 2017 by
Mar 22, 2017 Toronto Star – Editorial (Mar 22, 2017) Let families of murdered and missing indigenous women speak The editorial is re-acting to the revelation that the data bank of MMIW for the Inquiry has a bare 92 names, well short of the … [Read more...]
Something we used to do…
January 8, 2017 by
Jan 8, 2016 Toronto Star – Desmond Cole Abolish solitary confinement for Ontario’s children and youth Solving problems by name changes seems a major part of the struggle to confront the harmful effects of solitary confinement in Ontario. For … [Read more...]
Flawed bill…
December 15, 2016 by
Dec 15, 2016 Ottawa Citizen – Marie-Danielle Smith Newly-emboldened Senate threatens to block ‘deeply flawed’ bill to remove gender discrimination from Indian Act Bill S-3 is a senate bill and the third attempt to address the issue of gender … [Read more...]