John Howard Canada adds podcast series
John Howard Canada is creating a series of podcasts in which former prisoners talk about their experience in prison and re-entering the community. “Voices Inside and Out” talks with people who’ve actually walked through those gates; their personal stories and...
Read MoreJohn Howard Society of BC Launches New Blog in Celebration of JHS Week
We are so pleased to see John Howard Society affiliates across Canada join us in celebrating JHS Week. The team from JHS British Columbia has kicked off the week by launching their new blog. Access the new JHSBC blog here!...
Read MoreElection issue 3 – Virtually no discussion of criminal justice so far
850 words; 4 minutes to read With only about 10 days to go until election day, there has been very little discussion of anything to do with criminal justice in this campaign. The issue did not come up in the...
Read MoreElection issue 2 – Why ‘tough on bail’ is bad policy
940 words; 4 minutes to read Several political leaders have recently made statements calling for making it harder, if not impossible, for people charged with certain kinds of offencss to get bail. The Conservative Party platform specifically calls for no...
Read MoreLatest data show too many people in jails and prisons
This post is about 750 words and can be read in 3 minutes. There are several annual reports that provide important data on the criminal justice system in Canada each year. One of these is the Corrections and Conditional Release...
Read MoreThe Future of Parole – brief by Graham Stewart
Presumptive Gradual Release For submission to the Parole Board of Canada Academic Think Tank on Community Corrections 2019 An Opinion Graham Stewart With this paper it is my intention to encourage discussion about the potential benefits of parole decision-making based...
Read MoreSenate committee confirms major problems in Canadian prisons
This post is about 550 words and can be read in 2-3 minutes. For the past two years, the Senate Committee on Human Rights has been inquiring into “respect for the human rights of federally-sentenced persons in the federal correctional...
Read MoreEditorial: Time for action on pardons!
This post is 600 words and can be read in 2-3 minutes. Three years ago Ralph Goodale promised ‘fairness’ with reforms to Criminal Records Act – it’s time to make good on that promise Almost 4 million people in Canada...
Read MoreGlobe and Mail coverage of prison reform
This post is about 1150 words and can be read in 5-6 minutes. On Nov 6, the Globe and Mail newspaper ran an editorial called “Fixing solitary isn’t enough. Canada’s prisons need to be reformed top to bottom”. The editorial...
Read MoreThis 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...
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