Prisoner Experience: Religion, Chaplains and Irony

March 24, 2026

Post #288 1100 words; 6 minutes to read This post is reprinted with permission from Law360 Canada, as one of a series on prisoner experience they are publishing. David Dorson is the pen name of someone who was imprisoned some...

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Comeback Catalyst: Helping people build jobs

February 14, 2026

Post #285 800 words; 4 minutes to read By: Emily O’Brien  Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam  Summary: Comeback Catalyst is a mentorship program that helps people develop new economic activities after imprisonment. In Canada, people with criminal records face...

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“Complete a Word Search Today, Marcus”

January 26, 2026

Post 283 947 words, 6 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam  Post by Emily Stewart, Associate Editor and a Lead Researcher with the University of Alberta Prison Project Summary: This post is part of our new...

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Race, police discretion and youth justice

January 19, 2026

Post 282 600 words, 3 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam  Post by Felicia De Sousa , Ph D Student Summary: Evidence shows that police discretion whether to charge youth is applied unevenly by police, with racialized...

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Incarceration Nations Network and Global Freedom Fellows

November 24, 2025

Post #280 1000 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam. Summary: The Incarceration Nations Network is an international effort to support, through a number of projects improvements in criminal justice and support for people around...

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