This blog: One year and 50 posts later
This post is 600 words and can be read in 3 minutes. This blog ran its first post just about a year ago. At that time we stated the goal as being “to help build a well-informed public, which in...
Read MoreCan Canadian prisons be improved?
This post is 800 words and can be read in about 4 minutes. The new head of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has been given a huge mandate for change in that organization, which operates Canada’s federal prisons and...
Read MoreCanadian organizations in criminal justice reform
This post is under 800 words and can be read in 3 minutes. Canada has many organizations that work in the area of criminal justice reform. Below is a list of organizations whose exclusive or main focus is on criminal...
Read MoreFinancial facts on Canadian prisons
This post is about 600 words and can be read in 3 minutes. Canada’s jail and prison system is expensive. Here are some facts: Total spending and comparisons Total (federal, provincial and municipal) public spending on criminal justice in Canada...
Read MoreBlog Back Online
The John Howard blog on criminal justice reform is back! Unexpected events prevented us from posting for several months but you can expect regular posts from now on, The blog will continue to focus on reliable information on issues that...
Read More3% Doing Time for Murder Didn’t Do Crime: James Lockyer
Heidi Riedner At least 3 per cent of convicted murderers in prison are innocent, according to one of the country’s most prominent social justice activists. “That’s a lot of people in Canadian prisons for murders they didn’t commit,” lawyer James...
Read MoreDelaying Justice is Denying Justice
The Supreme Court of Canada has recently ruled twice, most notably in the 2016 Jordan decision, that it is a violation of Canadians’ rights when criminal cases are not completed in the courts in a reasonable period of time. These rulings...
Read MoreMajor Changes to Ontario Jails Recommended
Major changes in Ontario corrections recommended On January 1, 2017, following a series of media stories involving prisoners held in segregation or solitary confinement for long periods, the Ontario government commissioned Howard Sapers, former federal Correctional Investigator, to do a...
Read MoreCanada’s Prison Agency Argues Segregation Doesn’t Affect Inmates’ Health
December 11, 2016
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Article from The Globe and Mail. By Patrick White. Photo by Morry Gash/AP. Canada’s prison agency denies that it uses solitary confinement and contends that its method for isolating inmates causes none of the health problems generally associated with prison...
Read MoreInside Canada’s Corrections System
November 16, 2016
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Article from TVO Air Date: Nov 16, 2016 The Ontario government recently appointed Howard Sapers, the federal correctional investigator, to look into the use of segregation – generally known as solitary confinement – and ways to improve the province’s prison...
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