Crime continues to decline in Canada
Post #190 950 words; 4 minutes to read One of the main regular sources of data on criminal justice in Canada is the annual ‘Police Reported Crime’ report. The most recent report was released in the summer of 2021, and...
Read MoreCorrectional Investigator’s latest annual report
Post # 189 980 words; 4 minutes to read. Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. The Correctional Investigator is responsible for dealing with complaints about Canada’s prisons. His annual report is often very revealing about the state of these...
Read MoreYouth 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 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 MorePrisoner experience 9 – Visits (part 2)
Post #182 980 words; 4 minutes to read This audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. This first part of this post of a prisoner’s experience with visits was published on November 30. That post also references earlier posts in...
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