April 20, 2016 John Howard Society of Ontario Fractured Care: Public Health Opportunities in Ontario’s Correctional Institutes JHS has a new report insisting that the health care crisis currently flooding through Ontario’s provincial jails … [Read more...]
Jail time?
March 29, 2016 by
March 25, 2016 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Judge suspends cocaine trafficking sentence for indigenous man Robert McGill, 40, was convicted of trafficking with a third of a kilogram of cocaine worth about $15,000. But he is also Aboriginal and … [Read more...]
Celebrate women, work for justice…
March 23, 2016 by
March 8, 2016 Toronto Star – Olivia Ward Women’s voices speak loudly from behind bars - Today there are increasing reports of females detained as political prisoners, as repressive regimes expand their sweep of suspected enemies. The article … [Read more...]
US Update…
December 17, 2015 by
Dec 17, 2015 The Sentencing Project (US) Are Judges or Prosecutors Driving Racial Disparity in Post-Booker Sentencing? Though the length of federal sentences have in fact decreased, the article wonders about the role of judges and … [Read more...]
More PAC’$…
June 26, 2015 by
June 26, 2015 National Newswatch – Canadian Press HarperPAC shutting down; donations to be returned Less than a week after announcing the launch of the third party political action strategy, Conservatives on Thursday have announced they are … [Read more...]
Living tree…
June 24, 2015 by
June 24, 2015 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Another critic of gay marriage ascends to Ontario’s highest court Justice Bradley Miller, after six months and no published decisions on the Superior Court, has been quietly appointed to the Ontario … [Read more...]
Muslim and Canadian…
June 8, 2015 by
June 7, 2015 Toronto Star - Ben Spurr and Noor Javed What it's like to be Muslim in the GTA 450,000 Muslim Canadians now live in Metro Toronto. They want their story heard. In a unique reporting format, the Star has 19 short interviews with … [Read more...]
Set up to fail…
July 24, 2014 by
July 24, 2014 Canadian Civil Liberties Association Set Up to Fail: Bail and the Revolving Door of Pre-trial Detention “The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has released a report: Set Up to Fail: Bail and the Revolving Door of … [Read more...]