July 28, 2023 – ‘Least restrictive…’ The Canadian Press / Castanet News (Kelowna, BC) How Paul Bernardo's prison transfer renewed an old legal debate over just two words This article featuring Mary Campbell, a retired … [Read more...]
Religious guns…
Feb. 19, 2020 Washington Post (US) - Reis Thebault Too small to hire guards, too worried to go gun-free, community churches are now arming themselves The curious link between religion and politics have never been so blatantly juxtaposed as in … [Read more...]
Vanier…
May 14, 2019 A great champion for a larger humanity - Jean Vanier Toronto Star – Editorial Board (May 8, 2019) Jean Vanier challenged what it means to be … [Read more...]
Wake-up, step up…
March 25, 2019 CBC News - 'Wake up, step up': Protesters outside Hamilton prison demand change This is an entirely sensible question: If Canada does not have the death penalty, why does our jail system? The question was part of pointed protest … [Read more...]
Jail violence…
Aug 21, 2018 Toronto Star – Peter Edwards Coroner’s inquest called into three prison drug deaths The Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre, in London, On, is back in the news as an inquest is scheduled around the drug deaths of three inmates. Floyd … [Read more...]
Prison deaths…
June 6, 2018 CBC News - Hala Ghonaim Families of inmates who died at London, Ont. jail say 'enough is enough' - Thirteen inmates at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre have died in the last decade Families and lawyers in London are upset with … [Read more...]
Travesty…
Jan 8, 2018 Toronto Star – Vicky Mochama Treatment of women in Canadian prisons a human rights travesty The number of women incarcerated is growing at alarming rates, especially Indigenous women (37% over the last ten years without crime rate … [Read more...]
Big data, big brother…
Jan 3, 2018 CBC News – Brett Ruskin Canadian government to search social media using artificial intelligence to predict suicides - Feds to hire company with patented method to identify online trends and predict real-life events This latest … [Read more...]
Love is reconciliation
Oct 23, 2017 Indigenous advocate Cindy Blackstock raises the bar for Canadians and pays tribute to Gord Downie: May he forever sing and dance among the stars reminding us all that love is reconciliation. John Howard Society of Ontario Record … [Read more...]
Who counts the dead?
Oct. 6, 2017 Ottawa Citizen = David Reevely Ontario's jails can't even count their dead, review finds Former federal correctional investigator Howard Sapers, now an advisor to Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services, has a new version of the old … [Read more...]