Post #175 830 words; 4 minutes to read Voice summary thanks to volunteer Averi Brailey. This post is a slightly edited reprint from one posted in the early days of the 2019 federal election. The election is a time to...
Read MoreMurray Fallis Post # 175 750 words; 3 minutes to read Murray Fallis is a lawyer with John Howard Canada. This post has a 30 second audio summary courtesy of our volunteer, Averi Brailey Twenty-six per...
Read MorePost # 173 550 words; 3 minutes to read Voice summary thanks to volunteer Averi Brailey. Most Canadians understand that immigration is good for our country and indeed essential to maintain our current level of prosperity. But one of the...
Read MorePost #172 840 words; 4 minutes to read This post has a 30 second audio summary courtesy of our volunteer, Averi Brailey Taking measures to combat human trafficking has become a major cause for federal and provincial governments in Canada...
Read MorePost #171 1700 words; 6 minutes to read. This post has a 30 second audio summary courtesy of our volunteer, Averi Brailey. This is the eighth in an ongoing series of posts sent to us by a former prisoner who...
Read MorePost # 170 820 words; 4 minutes to read This post has a 30 second audio summary thanks to John Howard volunteer Averi Brailey. Several posts on this blog have provided evidence that prisons are ineffective and expensive ways of...
Read MorePost # 169 925 words; 4 minutes to read By Martina Arcuri, recent political science graduate After a year of consultation with prisoners and staff, journalist Justin Ling, in an article in Macleans, illustrated many of the problems in the...
Read MorePost #168 720 words; 4 minutes to read By Christie-Anna Jagdeo, post graduate para-legal student The physical design of prison is often overlooked but could play a significant part in the wellbeing of prisoners, specifically concerning recidivism. Some other...
Read MorePost #167 650 words; 3 minutes to read Dr Baz Dreisinger is a professor of writing at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. In this work she has been very involved in programs that teach...
Read MorePost #166 675 words; 3 minutes to read As readers of this blog know, the bulk of people in provincial jails in Canada – more than 60%, or about 15,000 people on any given day – are held despite not...
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