Youth and bail in Ontario – more progress needed
Post # 188 1000 words; 5 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. Far fewer young people are being arrested and detained in Canada today thanks to the changes made in the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA)...
Read MorePrison Experience. David Dorson – Meet the Lifers
Post #187 1200 words; 5 minutes to read This post is reprinted with permission from Lawyers’ Daily as one of a series on prisoner experience they are publishing. The original link is: Prison, a view from inside: Meet the lifers...
Read MoreVoices Inside & Out
Walking through prison gates for the first time is a terrifying experience, regardless of the length of sentence. Walking back out again as a free individual can be just as terrifying, and traumatic. Voices Inside and Out talks with people...
Read MoreCriminal Law as a Tool to Address Prisoner Abuse
It has been more than 25 years since the Arbour Commission pointed out that the rule of law is not operating behind prison bars. Madame Justice Arbour stated that it would require other components of the justice system to ensure...
Read MoreJohn Howard Canada 5 Point Plan to Improve Corrections
Post #186 870 words; 4 minutes to read This summary prepared by volunteer Jamie Davison. The John Howard Society has a long standing 5-Point Plan to improve the corrections system in Canada. This post provides a summary of key issues...
Read MoreOp Ed: Stop the Solitary Confinement Shell Game; Respect the Rule of Law
This post marks the first in a series of opinion pieces we will be publishing to hear voices on important issues in criminal justice. This piece is by John Howard Canada Executive Director Catherine Latimer, and it marks the beginning...
Read MoreHarsher sentences for 2nd degree murder don’t make sense
Post #185 900 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey Since 1976, when capital punishment was abolished in Canada, everyone convicted of murder automatically gets a life sentence. Most Canadians would be surprised to know that...
Read MoreNeed more innovation in prisons
Post #184 650 words; 3 minutes to read This audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. A slightly different version of this piece appeared initially on Dec 14 in The Lawyer’s Daily. https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/32171 Murray Fallis is a lawyer with John Howard...
Read MoreHuman trafficking laws – Not what they seem – part 2
Post #183 1040 words; about 5 minutes to read This brief audio summary done by our volunteer Averi Brailey. A post last summer looked at the work of Dr. Katrin Roots on human trafficking in Canada. The earlier post looked at...
Read MoreOp Ed – Health care in prisons
The following op-ed by John Howard articling fellow Leandra Keren appeared in the Toronto Star on Nov 30, 2021 When your jailor oversees your healthcare, neglect and torture inevitably ensue When an individual serves a federal prison sentence in...
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