CCRSO sheds light on many aspects of Canada’s prison system

September 12, 2024

Post #249 1100 words; 5 minutes to read Summary: The annual report (CCRSO) released by Public Safety Canada reveals important and troubling aspects of our criminal justice system. Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Kimberly Duong. The annual Corrections and Conditional...

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Deaths in custody in Canada: Tracking (in)justice

August 20, 2024

Post #248 900 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Kimberly Duong. Summary: A new Canadian project and website provide information on more than 2000 deaths over the last 20 years in jails and prisons and in interactions...

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The drive to punish and its limits        

July 29, 2024

Post #246 970 words; 4 minutes to read La version française suit par la bénévole Rachel Cauver   Voice summary by volunteer Kimberly Duong. Our criminal justice system rests on the belief that bad deeds merit punishment – and the...

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Perrin: My faith led me away from ‘tough on crime’

July 15, 2024

Post #545 1000 words; 5 minutes to read By Benjamin Perrin. Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Kimberly Duong. Benjamin Perrin is a law professor at the University of British Columbia and the author of the bestselling book, Indictment: The Criminal...

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Being Arrested

June 28, 2024

Post #244 1100 words; 5 minutes to read.   This post is reprinted with permission from Law360 Canada, one of a series on prisoner experience they are publishing. The original link from February 2023 is https://www.law360.ca/ca/articles/1761102.  This series of posts recently...

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Eyewitness testimony has many limitations

June 19, 2024

Post #243 950 words; 4 minutes to read This post was authored by graduate student Michelle Reinink based on work done by Dr Jamal Mansour  and colleagues at the University of Lethbridge.   La version française suit par la bénévole Rachel...

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Are more judges key to ending court delays?

May 6, 2024

Post #241 1000 words; 4 minutes to read Summary: While timely appointment of judges is important, there are good reasons to believe that the delays in criminal courts are not primarily due to lack of judges, despite media reports. Audio...

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