January 25, 2013 Oxfam (UK) The cost of inequality: how wealth and income extremes hurt us all Declaring extreme wealth unethical, Oxfam thinks economic inequality is not inevitable and has some suggestions – and a goal for 2025 - about what can … [Read more...]
Grosmaire raises the ante
January 22, 2013 by
January 21, 2013 NY Times examiner: David Belden Radical Compassion: Restorative Justice Program Meets Needs of Both Victims and Perpetrators The Grosmaire case first aired in the NY Times has been swirling around a considerable portion of the US … [Read more...]
A troubling scene
January 19, 2013 by
January 19, 2013 Catherine Latimer of John Howard: A Reflection on a troubling scene between CSC and NPB (Ed Note: These comments are based on the report in January 17 communiqué that there is some tension between CSC and the NPB over a recent … [Read more...]
The Warden and the NPB
January 18, 2013 by
January 17, 2013 Canada.com - Christie Blatchford Warden goes against parole board, grants temporary absence to convicted murderer The decision by a CSC warden to give a lifer a temporary absence in spite of a National Parole Board decision not … [Read more...]
Health and hard time
January 17, 2013 by
January 16, 2013 Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) – Adam Miller Health and hard time The association starts the first of a promising multi-part series on health issues in prisons. The listing of areas of concern is part of this … [Read more...]
Funding Immigration enforcement
January 13, 2013 by
January 12, 2013 (Ed note: The following two links represent quite adversarial positions, possibly politically motivated, on the question of funding for immigration enforcement in the US. We are not aware of any similar Canadian figures.) The … [Read more...]
Charities
January 10, 2013 by
January 10, 2013 Telegraph (UK) - Rowena Mason and Wesley Johnson Chris Grayling: charities may be better at helping prisoners than probation officers In Canada, charities have endured a difficult time in recent years but continue to contribute … [Read more...]
Harry Daniels
January 9, 2013 by
January 9, 2013 Federal Court of Canada: The Federal Court rules that Métis and non-status Indians are "Indians" within the meaning of s. 91(24) of the Constitution Ottawa, January 8, 2013 – A decision was issued today by the Honourable Michael … [Read more...]