Our policy priorities for this federal election
We are calling on all federal political parties to adopt made-in-Canada, evidence-based approaches to reducing crime and improving community safety. For too long, Canada has relied on U.S.-style tough-on-crime policies that are expensive and ineffective. It’s time for federal political...
Read MoreTime for ‘made in Canada’ criminal justice
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...
Read MoreNo End to Abusive Solitary Confinement
JHSC Press Release – Abusive Solitary Confinement Three years ago today the legislative changes that the federal government assured us would end abusive solitary confinement took effect. There was sufficient scope for discretion in those legislative changes that their implementation...
Read MoreTackling Homelessness Amongst Former Prisoners
Second Wave of Covid-19 in Canadian Prisons
Spotlight on Solitary Begins
Join us and many other correctional law based entities from November 16-30, 2020 as we examine how solitary confinement still exists in Canada. Press Release View our press release below or download it here. Events See the full schedule of...
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 More40th Anniversary of Prisoners’ Justice Day And Prison Reform
Press Release On every anniversary of the suicide death of Edward Nalon in a segregation cell in Millhaven Penitentiary on August 10th, 1974, Canadians have held a vigil to mark all prisoner deaths. Many prisoners fast and decline to work...
Read MoreRights Groups Sue Federal Government Over Solitary Confinement in Canadian Prisons
For immediate release Long-term solitary confinement is cruel and unusual punishment, torture, lawyers say January 19, 2015, Vancouver – Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) and the John Howard Society of Canada (“JHSC”) filed a lawsuit against the Attorney...
Read MoreJHS Canada’s media release re: CCLA report “Set up to Fail”
For Immediate Release July 23, 2014 Report: over half of those behind bars in Canada’s provincial jails have not been convicted or sentenced. It’s time to fix our broken bail system. Ottawa — Today, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)...
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