June 1, 2015 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Tories' life-without-parole bill in limbo Government House Leader Peter Van Loan is telling media that Bill C-53, the bill that increases the sentencing for certain types of murder, also known as the … [Read more...]
Results of double bunking…
May 15, 2014 by
May 16, 2014 Star Phoenix (SK) – Betty Ann Adam Overcrowding caused 2012 jail death, union official says Bob Bymoen, president of the Saskatchewan Government Employees' Union, representing the prison guards says that the killing of … [Read more...]
The tides of justice?
September 16, 2013 by
July 27, 2013 MacLean’s – Ken MacQueen A closer look at falling crime statistics MacQueen writes that the costs of policing are skyrocketing while the crime levels fall but that in spite of the contradiction and in spite of the desperate … [Read more...]
Crime highest in Nunavut
March 23, 2013 by
March 23, 2013 Nunatsiak-on-line Report shows Nunavut’s high violence crime rates stretch court resources - Number of cases, judges, sittings continue to increase A review of crime and court activity from 2000 – 2012 called “Ingirranivut: Our … [Read more...]
Get the lead out!
February 11, 2013 by
February 11, 2013 Mother Jones – Kevin Drum America's Real Criminal Element: Lead Here’s a lengthy article to blow your mind about all the pet theories on why the crime rates continue to plummet. It is also a pointed lesson on why people … [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...]
Hard costs of lock-’em-up culture
August 12, 2012 by
This article reports on shattering data from the Pew Foundation that documents for the first time incarceration’s economic effects, with severe impacts life-long on the economic stability of families and whole communities. Unless society comes up … [Read more...]
Missouri tells judges cost of sentences
August 12, 2012 by
Some jurisdictions are asking for more judicial accountability for costly sentencing choices that are ineffective. A new program in Missouri uses data about offenders to help answer these questions: What is the likelihood, under different sentencing … [Read more...]
Is your criminal justice system serving you well?
August 12, 2012 by
This Toronto Star series maps the most costly jail cities in the country, adding socioeconomic data to the mix to give a better picture of crime and punishment in Canada — and Toronto. http://www.thestar.com/specialSections/crime … [Read more...]