Dec 6, 2023 – Lift me up?

Smart Justice Network: Dec 6, 2023 - Lift me up?   MOMS of Ottawa resist CSC latest Public Relations campaign - The Mothers Offering Mutual Support (MOMS) have taken exception to the Corrections Canada campaign for a rosier image and penned … [Read more...]

Oct 30, 2023 – Phones, Mould, rats and staff shortages…

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...]

Oct 20, 2023 – Vos visages…

Oct 20, 2023 – Vos visages…   Centre des Services de Justice Réparatrice (QC) Je verrai toujours vos visages… This link involves a little known film connection between Quebec’s justice restaurative, or restorative justice. that was … [Read more...]

Sept 3, 2023 – Gender shadows…

Sept 3, 2023 – Gender shadows…   The Canadian Press – Stephanie Taylor Saskatchewan, New Brunswick naming changes means 'life or death' for trans kids: - Ian The debate on gender identification in our schools has perhaps already … [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...]

Who’s listening…

Aug 16, 2022 Toronto Star Editorial (Aug 11, 2022) Policing police data collection - It's time to regulate the police collection of data including emails, text messages and image from cellphones and other devices Privacy practice in Canada is … [Read more...]

April Fool!

April 1, 2021 (Ed note:  For this edition your editor thought that some reflection material may be more helpful than simply news stories about crime and punishment and the utter failure of prison.  The point is to look in a focused fashion at the … [Read more...]

Parting shot…

March 20, 2021 Huffington Post – Althia Raj Canada's Whistleblower Law Ranks Dead Last in International Rankings - Canada was chastised for ignoring its own legal requirement for periodic reviews of the effectiveness of its whistleblower law. This … [Read more...]

Killology…

Feb 3, 2021  CNN - 'Warrior' police training is being offered across the US “Police departments across the country are being trained in an aggressive, ready-to-kill approach to police training. How has this "warrior-style" of training … [Read more...]

Cures…

June 19, 2020 Canadian Lawyer - Bernise Carolino Dalhousie law school houses the first international restorative justice lab - Lab aims to transform the justice system, safeguarding the health, safety and well-being of Canadians Dalhousie … [Read more...]