Nov 7, 2022 Toronto Star – Kelly Skjerven GO Transit union says bus drivers to strike if no deal reached with Metrolinx - Metrolinx said there will be no bus service on Monday if strike action is taken. Observers are wondering if the threaten … [Read more...]
Confrontation…
November 7, 2022 by Michael Maher
Filed Under: News Tagged With: bail reform, basic income, copaganda, cost of incarceration, CUPE, election stats, fake terrorists, healing trauma, jails, joint task force, mass incarceration, not-withstanding-clause, Ontario Bill 28, plea bargaining, policing, self defense, suppressing crime, teen victim, those incarcerated, violent criminals
No way out…
October 6, 2022 by Michael Maher
Oct. 7, 2022 Globe and Mail – Tom Cardosa No way out - Once behind bars, racialized people are far less likely to get paroled when they are eligible. A Globe analysis examines why This article is dated Feb 2020 but draws attention to the … [Read more...]
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We Canadians…
February 2, 2022 by Michael Maher
Feb 2, 2022 Black History Month: Here are a number of Black History Month sites with educational … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: Black history month, death row, federal prisons, Freedom Convoy, jail conditions, lockdown, parole, plea bargaining, Rikers, sentencing, solitary, youth
A ketamine arrest…
September 2, 2020 by Michael Maher
Sept 2, 2020 CNN (US) - Sara Sidner and Julia Jones Two strangers, with the same first name, and a terrifying story about ketamine in policing Here is a cautionary tale for those crisis teams who recognize the role of medical personnel in response … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: crisis teams, crown attorneys, defunding police, domestic violence, expunging records, ketamine, mental health, plea bargaining, policing, prison abolition, prison policy, prison reform, prosecutors, solitary, women's prisons
A double edged sword?
August 10, 2013 by Michael Maher
Aug.10, 2013 Global TV News – Erica Tucker Double-edged sword: who the new cyberbullying law will help and hurt The article on the Nova Scotia’s new law, implemented yesterday, includes a video of the father of Rehtaeh Parsons speaking to the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: cyberbullying, education, gangs, gay rights, immigration, mental illness, plea bargaining, prison policy, suicide, violence