Convict criminology
Post #148 720 words; 3 minutes to read In most social policy systems, having experience in the system is held to be an advantage for those who study it. In some fields, such as medicine, virtually all those who teach...
Read MoreGerman prisons better and cheaper
Post #126 830 words; 4 minutes to read Canada’s Correctional Investigator recently released yet another annual report drawing attention to some of the terrible conditions in Canada’s prisons, and the seeming indifference, if not outright opposition, of the government...
Read MoreCons and Kernels 3 – Stuff About Prison
600 words; 3 minutes to read Cons and Kernels owner/entrepreneur Emily O’Brien has been in the news a lot lately as she continues to build her business and is a great spokesperson for seeing ex-prisoners in a positive light. Earlier...
Read MoreThe many harms of remand
This post is 600 words and can be read in 3 minutes. Jailing people after arrest – the process called remand – creates many harms. Previous posts have commented on this issue, but new research by Holly Pelvin details some...
Read MoreThe Dutch Are Closing Prisons
This post is about 1000 words and can be read in about 5 minutes. This is a shortened version of the original article from usnews.com by Danielle Batist May 13, 2019 The number of prisoners in The Netherlands has halved...
Read MorePolice record checks create big problems
This post is about 500 words and can be read in about 2 minutes. Opinion by Christin Cullen, Executive Director, John Howard York Region Our current system for police background checks is a barrier to employment for far too many...
Read MoreLack of support after release from jail is a big problem
This post is about 600 words and can be read in 3 minutes. For many people who commit crimes, and their families and loved ones, their sentence is only the beginning of their problems. As other posts have described, people...
Read MoreI Am More Than a Criminal Record
This post is about 800 words and can be read in 3-4 minutes. Although most people think that the court sentence is the hardest part of being convicted of a crime, for many of the millions of Canadians who have...
Read MoreCons and Kernels – 1
By Emily O’Brien. This post is about 500 words and can be read in 2-3 minutes. My name is Emily O’Brien, and this is the first in a few posts that John Howard is going to put on their site...
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...
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