How can we help young men stay out of jail?
Post #238 900 words; 4 minutes to read Summary: A study of 1600 young men in Quebec shows that imprisonment can badly interfere with normal life development, leading to increased recidvism. A very high proportion of the people in...
Read MoreParole is challenging for women leaving prison
Post #234 1200 words; 5 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer law student Hannah Lee Summary: Women released on parole face many obstacles to building good lives, some of which are a direct result of the parole system itself....
Read MoreJailers in the Community – The Use of Sureties in Canada
Post #201 800 words; 4 minutes to read By volunteer Emily Stewart (who also did the audio summary) In Canada, most people arrested and detained by police are released until trial after a bail hearing. Release on bail is generally...
Read MoreIon scanners and family visits
Post #195 900 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey Maintaining links with family is vitally important in any effort to rehabilitate prisoners. Yet visiting someone in prison is a daunting experience. Visitors to a federal...
Read MorePrisoner experience 9 – Visits (part 2)
Post #182 980 words; 4 minutes to read This audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. This first part of this post of a prisoner’s experience with visits was published on November 30. That post also references earlier posts in...
Read MorePrisoner experience 9 – Visits (part 1)
Post #181 970 words; 4 minutes to read This audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. This is the ninth in an ongoing series of posts sent to us by a former prisoner who wishes to remain anonymous. Previous posts...
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...
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