Nov. 25, 2022 The Conversation (Queen’s) - Joanna Pozzulo and Emily Pica Eyewitness misidentification is the leading cause of known wrongful convictions Wrongful convictions are sufficiently common that the legal system is looking to understand … [Read more...]
Human in there…
June 21, 2022 by
June 20, 2022 Human Rights Watch Organization Canada Canada: Abuse, Discrimination in Immigration Detention - Thousands Held; Systemic Change Needed In anticipation of the World Refugee Day (June 20) the Canadian Human rights Watch have issued a … [Read more...]
Again…
November 27, 2021 by
Nov 27, 2021 Toronto Star - Omar Mosleh and Jeremy Nuttall Photojournalist and filmmaker released after RCMP arrests in Wet’suwet’en territory spark outrage A dispute has boiled over the access of Coastal GasLink to natural gas to a pipeline … [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...]
Dry cell…
November 10, 2020 by
Nov 10, 2020 – CBC News - Federal prison investigators press for changes in use of 'dry cells' - Current correctional investigator calls dry cell conditions 'by far the most restrictive imaginable' The controversy over the use of segregation in … [Read more...]
New rules…
December 27, 2019 by
Dec 27, 2019 The Lawyer’s Daily – Christopher Guly Dismissal of all charges in Boyle criminal trial included numerous ‘first-time-in-Canada rulings’ The strange story of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman, former hostages held for five years in … [Read more...]
Getting old in jail…
July 22, 2018 by
July 20, 2018 Globe and Mail – Sandra Martin Even behind bars, aging prisoners deserve proper health care Martin says that 25% of federal inmates are aged 50 or more and most of them serving lengthy sentences. She also suggests that health care … [Read more...]
Prison Health…
October 26, 2017 by
Oct. 26, 2017 Pew Charitable Trust (US) Prison Health Care Costs and Quality - How and why states strive for high-performing systems The Pew Foundation and VERA Institute for Justice together have produced this report looking at the data derived … [Read more...]
Pardon me…
August 21, 2017 by
Aug. 21, 2017 Vancouver Sun – Azmairnin Jadavji Court precedents should encourage Canada to act on new pardon legislation The rules around pardon for criminal offences seriously changed in 2012 under the Conservatives, making it both harder and … [Read more...]