Race, police discretion and youth justice

January 19, 2026

Post 282 600 words, 3 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam  Post by Felicia De Sousa , Ph D Student Summary: Evidence shows that police discretion whether to charge youth is applied unevenly by police, with racialized...

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Incarceration Nations Network and Global Freedom Fellows

November 24, 2025

Post #280 1000 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam. Summary: The Incarceration Nations Network is an international effort to support, through a number of projects improvements in criminal justice and support for people around...

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Prisoner experience: Taste

November 10, 2025

Post #279 1300 words; 5 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam  This post is reprinted in full, including the disclaimer after the text, with permission from the blog of B.C. lawyer and advocate Harpreet Ahuja.  The...

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Needle exchange program in federal prisons falls short

October 6, 2025

Post #277 950 words; 4 minutes to read   Summary: The needle exchange programs in Canadian prisons has serious weaknesses and fails to meet best practice standards, according to a recent study by an international group of researchers. Audio summary courtesy...

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Media stories on crime don’t give full picture

September 16, 2025

Post #276 1150 words; 5 minutes to read Summary: Two recent press stories on proposals for bail  ‘reform’ ignore key facts and mislead readers about the real issues. Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Kimberly Duong. On Sat, Sept 6, on...

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