Sept 25, 2021 – Sept 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30 marks #OrangeShirtDay and the first National Day for #TruthAndReconciliation. We wear orange to remember the Indigenous children who were sent to Residential … [Read more...]
Tensions…
April 27, 2020 By
April 27, 2020 CTV News – Colin Perkel Federal prison tensions rise amid COVID lockdowns; activists want releases The tensions created by the Coronavirus and the prisoners locked up without much defence is beginning to boil over in at least two … [Read more...]
OAS wants probe…
June 9, 2019 By
June 9, 2019 Global TV News - Amanda Connolly Organization of American States wants to probe MMIWG allegation of ‘genocide’ The OAS Luis Almagro, secretary-general of the organization, headquartered in Washington, DC, who represents 35 … [Read more...]
Prison tensions…
July 27, 2017 By
July 27, 2017 Blogger Russell Webster (UK) 10 things I learnt from NOMS final annual report Webster has an analysis of the final National Offender Management Service (NOMS) report for the UK prisons. Recently there has been tension and … [Read more...]
Senators in jails…
June 12, 2017 By
June 12, 2017 CBC News – Kathleen Harris Senators hope 'landmark' study will help transform Canada's prison system - Committee investigates human rights issues with Indigenous, elderly and mentally ill inmates A senate human rights committee led … [Read more...]
Special: Bailing…
June 5, 2017 By
June 6, 2017 (Ed note: This edition is an attempt to gather some insight around the practice of bail in the criminal justice system, currently immersed in controversy and identified as a cause of both over-crowded jails and court delays. Much of … [Read more...]
Get it right…
April 23, 2017 By
April 23, 2017 (Ed Note: Last edition gave an incorrect title for the report from the Ontario Ombudsman on police oversight: the correct title is “Out of oversight, out of mind.” You can find the 73 page downloadable pdf at: … [Read more...]
Military justice…
April 4, 2017 By
April 4, 2017 Ottawa Citizen – David Pugliese New book calls for reform of outdated Canadian military justice system Behind the Times is the name of new book by two well-known military commentators, retired Judge Gilles Létourneau and … [Read more...]
Flawed bill…
December 15, 2016 By
Dec 15, 2016 Ottawa Citizen – Marie-Danielle Smith Newly-emboldened Senate threatens to block ‘deeply flawed’ bill to remove gender discrimination from Indian Act Bill S-3 is a senate bill and the third attempt to address the issue of … [Read more...]