Oct 20, 2022 University of Toronto / Criminological Highlights - Anthony Doob, Rosemary Gartner, Maria Jung, Tyler King, Jane Sprott, and Audrey Macklin. This issue of Criminological Highlights addresses the following questions, all very much in … [Read more...]
Rainbow people…
April 29, 2022 by
April 29, 2022 Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories The link is to Stats Can’s latest offering on Canada’s population, its growth and directions for the near future. … [Read more...]
Feeling human…
October 22, 2021 by
Oct 22, 2021 Canada: Abuse, Discrimination in Immigration Detention - Thousands Held; Systemic Change Needed Canadians have known for some time now of the difficulty of confronting Corrections Canada, in spite of human rights and court orders, to … [Read more...]
We are all vulnerable…
March 26, 2020 by
March 26, 2020 An open letter from - Quebec Carceral Lawyers Covid-19 in Quebec prisons There is no way to practice social distancing in prison, except for solitary confinement, which is a breach of human rights. This open letter from Quebec … [Read more...]
Simplifiers…
April 17, 2018 by
April 17, 2018 National Newswatch - Glen Pearson The “Terrible Simplifiers” This is a reflection piece on the current state of political turmoil in Canada and elsewhere. It is a worthy thought because Pearson attempts to create a holistic picture … [Read more...]
“He shouldn’t have died like this…”
October 15, 2017 by
Oct 15, 2017 Toronto Star - Fatima Syed ‘My beautiful son is dead’: Family still searching for answers after Whitby man’s 2016 death in prison Barely a week after the release of a report from Howard Sapers on the state of Corrections in Ontario, a … [Read more...]
Mandatory minimums…
May 8, 2017 by
May 8, 2017 National Newswatch – Joanna Smith, Canadian Press Mandatory minimum changes one part of planned overhaul of justice system Critics have been wondering about the delays involved in setting aside the mandatory minimum sentences held … [Read more...]
Leaving behind…
November 22, 2016 by
Nov 22, 2016 Tyee – Stefania Seccia, Megaphone Magazine Homeless Youth Are Even Younger than You Thought Here’s some startling news about Canada’s homeless youth and the age for their becoming homeless. The latest survey, conducted in all ten … [Read more...]