The ‘Clawbies’ , or Canadian Law Blog Awards, are given each year to blogs that provide valuable services and information for Canadians about the law. 2025 is the 20th consecutive year in which a panel of judges has selected a...
Read MorePost #281 650 words; 3 minutes to read By Hanisha Brar, Mount Royal University graduate. Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Jada Lam Summary: A report by the John Howard Society of Ontario discusses the importance of helping people with...
Read MorePost #278 1000 words; 4 minutes to read By: Post and audio summary by volunteer Jada Lam Summary: Beyond the headlines and statistics of Canadian prisons are human stories of struggle, neglect, and resilience. This post explores four podcasts that...
Read MoreAt John Howard Society Canada, we have arranged for some activities that we hope will raise public awareness about our charity and its engagement on issues and delivery of services to further just, effective, and humane responses to the causes...
Read MorePost #200 500 words; 2 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Hannah Lee. This blog started 5 years ago as an experiment. Was there a place for a Canadian online publication that addressed important issues in criminal justice, especially...
Read MorePost # 188 1000 words; 5 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. Far fewer young people are being arrested and detained in Canada today thanks to the changes made in the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA)...
Read MorePost #186 870 words; 4 minutes to read This summary prepared by volunteer Jamie Davison. The John Howard Society has a long standing 5-Point Plan to improve the corrections system in Canada. This post provides a summary of key issues...
Read MorePost #184 650 words; 3 minutes to read This audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. A slightly different version of this piece appeared initially on Dec 14 in The Lawyer’s Daily. https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/32171 Murray Fallis is a lawyer with John Howard...
Read MorePost # 157 For the last two weeks, John Howard Canada has partnered with several other organizations to promote awareness of the problem of solitary confinement in Canada’s prisons. Notwithstanding several court decisions and new legislation last year, the problems...
Read MoreNovember 16-30 online spotlight on solitary confinement in Canada. Check back for the link.
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