May 1, 2017 Toronto Star – Michael Bryant and Graham Brown Judge exposes how we criminalize mental illness The authors, Bryant, a former Ontario Attorney General, and Brown a policy analyst from John Howard, are insistent that the justice system … [Read more...]
Reversals beginning…
November 17, 2015 by
Nov. 17, 2015 National Newswatch – Canadian Press Liberals drop controversial Supreme Court of Canada niqab appeal The most recognized wedge issue in the last federal election has sounded its death knell from the legal precincts. The Liberal … [Read more...]
Justice at issue…
October 29, 2015 by
Oct 29, 2015 CBC News – Kathleen Harris Liberal justice: experts expect less punitive, more principled approach to crime - Legalizing pot, repealing parts of anti-terror law and reviewing sentencing regime on agenda Justice issues were few … [Read more...]
The business of detention…
September 9, 2015 by
Sept 9, 2015 Herald News (Halifax) – Andrea Gunn Springhill prison: More money spent, but fewer inmates We sometimes forget that besides being a prison, a prison is a business and needs customers. Springhill is a medium security prison in … [Read more...]
Community development rather than jail cells
February 20, 2013 by
February 20, 2013 Winnipeg Free Press – John Hutton More jail cells won't solve overcrowding Hutton reacts to the failure of the Manitoba government to take seriously the report of its own adult capacity review committee. The committee’s … [Read more...]