Time for ‘made in Canada’ criminal justice

March 31, 2025

This editorial was published online in Law360 Canada on Friday, March 29, 2025.  Reprinted with permission and may be freely reproduced and distributed as long as the original source is acknowledged. By Catherine Latimer, Executive Director, John Howard Society of...

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The Real Story on Bail Reform

July 12, 2023

Want to know what kind of bail reform is really needed in Canada?  Check out this short news conference on CPAC by John Howard Society of Canada and partner organizations to hear the facts on bail in this country. https://www.cpac.ca/episode?id=a8cc6627-40b9-41d3-b05b-6f7617f6ebf2...

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Op Ed – Health care in prisons

December 10, 2021

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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Criminal justice and the federal election

August 28, 2019 |

This post is about 700 words; 3 minutes to read. Crime and the response to it is often a major issue in elections in Canada.  The reasons for this   have little to do with actual levels of crime and much...

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