Financial 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
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
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...
Read MoreGovernment Action to Curb Solitary Confinement Long Overdue
Article from Broadbent Institute. Posted by Catherine Latimer. Making a prisoner spend four years isolated in a plexiglass cell under the constant glare of artificial light is a form of custody that shocks Canadian sensibilities. It is difficult to believe...
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