Dec 5, 2023 – Christmas behind bars… Criminal Library (UofT) “December's monthly highlight, Christmas Behind Bars, showcases issues from our penal press collection to explore the experience of the holidays while incarcerated. On display … [Read more...]
Oct 30, 2023 – Phones, Mould, rats and staff shortages…
October 30, 2023 by
Oct 30, 2023 – Phones, Mould, rats and staff shortages… CBC News (NF) - Phone changes at HMP cutting off prisoners from outside world, inmate's mother says -Calls cost money, require credit cards set up by someone outside jail Her … [Read more...]
June 20, 2023 – Debt and Fairness…
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June 20, 2023 – Debt and Fairness… The Canadian Press – David Friend Canada, Ontario reach historic $10 billion proposed First Nations treaty settlement “The Robinson-Huron Treaty was signed in 1850 and committed to paying the … [Read more...]
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Feb 3, 2023 – Who owes… Black History Month Reflection – Clyde Ross and the Protection of the Law The Atlantic (US) – Ta-Nehisi Coates The Case for Reparations: “Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty … [Read more...]
No reform…
November 4, 2022 by
Nov. 4, 2022 Lawyer’s Daily SCC overturns lower court decision, rules Criminal Code provisions on sentencing constitutional “A divided Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a Court of Appeal decision, ruling Nov. 4 that certain Criminal Code … [Read more...]
Misguided…
October 14, 2022 by
Oct 14, 2022 CTV – (BC) - Lisa Steacy Denying bail to reduce B.C. crime a 'dangerous' proposition: Canadian Civil Liberties Association The bail question has been a major part of the legal system’s reform efforts for some time. Advocates say … [Read more...]
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Feb 14, 2022 Toronto Star Editorial – Feb 10, 2022 Response to occupation and blockades has been a massive failure of leadership - ‘Municipalities have been basically abandoned by politicians, who are playing jurisdictional games rather than … [Read more...]
Court show…
May 27, 2021 by
May 27, 2021 In Canada Courts? Live Video coverage now available! Deepan Budlakoti is going to court, and so can you! The issues here are the conditions and treatment inside the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre, reputed to be awful for some time … [Read more...]
Prisons and US Justice…
August 23, 2019 by
Aug 24, 2019 The Appeal.com (US) How Warren and Sanders would overhaul the criminal system https://mailchi.mp/theappeal/daily-appeal-347111?e=5540d3cc3d US Presidential candidates spell out justice reform platforms Medium.com - Elizabeth … [Read more...]