Jan 7, 2024 – The mercy worker…

Smart Justice Network Jan 7, 2024 – The mercy worker…   The Marshall Project (US) – Maurice Chammah The Mercy Worker, Illustrated - Her mission was to save him from death row — by telling the story of his life. While we have no … [Read more...]

Nov 9, 2023 – Diminish, ignore and discredit…

Nov 9, 2023 – Diminish, ignore and discredit…   Toronto Star - Stephanie Levitz ‘I am not someone else’s product’: Female veteran blasts MPs after snub at parliamentary hearing - The treatment of a female Canadian Forces’ veteran at a … [Read more...]

Aug.10, 2023 – Another way…

Aug.10, 2023 - Another way…   YES 23 (Australia) It’s time to recognise Indigenous people in our constitution The item is a petition distributed in Australia urging people to make provision for the inclusion of the Indigenous People in … [Read more...]

April 13, 2023 – UN and human rights…

April 13, 2023 – UN and human rights…   Amnesty International – “In March 2023 Chief Na'Moks, a hereditary chief of the Wet'suwet'un nation, met with Francisco Cali Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this … [Read more...]

April 4, 2023 – Smart Justice Network Special Communiqué

April 4, 2023 - Smart Justice Network   Special Communiqué APTN Production Inside Corrections: 2180 Days – Brittany Guyot  From the APTN Introduction:  APTN Investigates is taking viewers inside corrections facilities to see what’s … [Read more...]

On the streets, in the jails…

Jan 26, 2023 CBC News – Paige Parsons 6 deaths, 4 months: Central Edmonton violence prompts concern for vulnerable - Housing desperately needed, advocates say Cold, gangs, violence – that’s what people on the street confront in the attempt to … [Read more...]

Justice denied…

Jan 23, 2023 National Post – Christopher Nardi Judge awards inmate nearly $200K for abuses and unlawful time in solitary confinement - Nothing in Ryan Richards’ character merited the treatment he received while imprisoned at three different … [Read more...]

Prison perspective…

Dec 20, 2022  Toronto Star – Rik McWhinney and Jason Demers Rik McWhinney spent almost 35 years in prison, 16 of them in solitary confinement: this is his story - In ‘The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney,’ poems, grievance forms, letters, interviews … [Read more...]

No reform…

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...]

Redemption…

Oct 31, 2022 Canadian Press - Joseph Brean Supreme Court declares parts of sex offender registry unconstitutional “A law cannot deprive the life, liberty, or security of the person of even one individual in a way that is inconsistent with the … [Read more...]