Reproductive (In)Justice for Women in Canadian Federal Prisons
Post #165. This post is 930 words, 5 minutes to read. By Victoria Carmichael, JD Candidate at Queen’s Law. Approximately 676 women are incarcerated in federal prisons on an average day (Public Safety Canada, 2019). Yet, there is little...
Read MorePrisoner story part 7 – Getting a security rating
Post #164 960 words; 4 minutes to read This is the seventh in an ongoing series of posts sent to us by a former prisoner who wishes to remain anonymous. Previous posts in this series are here (#1) here (#2) ...
Read More‘A brutal murder’ – Why adjectives matter in describing crime
Post #162 750 words; about 3 minutes to read If you watch, listen to or read media coverage of crime, try paying attention to the use of adjectives. You will find that they are common in crime reporting, but not...
Read MoreSentencing should take account of the experience of prison – but mostly doesn’t
Post #161 This post is about 1060 words; 5 minutes to read Most discussion of criminal sentencing revolves around only one thing – the length of the sentence. A new paper by US law professor Eve Hanan argues (similar to...
Read MoreA model of misinformation – The CSC Annual Report
Post # 160 About 900 words; 3-4 minutes to read. Transparency is an often used word but seldom observed practice in government. Nowhere is this contradiction between theory and practice more evident than in the annual report of the Correctional...
Read MorePrisoners’ stories – I.M Grenada returns
Post #159 This post is about 1800 words and can be read in about 7 minutes. The grating debate by I. M. Grenada (pen name of a lifer prisoner in Canada). Previous work by this author published in 2017 and...
Read MoreLack of education and training in Canadian prisons
Post #158 775 words; 3 minutes to read One of the clearest findings about imprisoned people in Canada is that the vast majority have serious deficits in their education that make it harder for them to find work and support...
Read MoreAction on Solitary Confinement
Post # 157 For the last two weeks, John Howard Canada has partnered with several other organizations to promote awareness of the problem of solitary confinement in Canada’s prisons. Notwithstanding several court decisions and new legislation last year, the problems...
Read MoreSaving Lives but Facing Charges: The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act
Post #156. This post is 640 words, 3 minutes to read. It is followed by a graphic commentary on the issue produced by the HIV Legal Network. By Victoria Carmichael, JD Candidate at Queen’s Law. Opioid-related overdoses are on the rise....
Read MoreThe desire to punish
Post #155 660 words; 3 minutes to read One of the biggest debates in criminal justice is about the role of punishment. But an important question is where does the desire to punish come from, a desire that seems to...
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