Post #303 1050 words; 5 minutes to read By Emily Stewart, Associate Editor Summary: Seemingly positive accounts of prison tell us as much about incarceration as they do about the systems outside of it, revealing gaps in the support and...
Read MorePost #300 800 words; 4 minutes to read By Howard Sapers and Yusuf Faqiri Summary: The case of Soleiman Faqiri illustrates how important it is to have public inquests into all deaths in custody, something the Ontario government now wants...
Read MorePost #297 1400 words; 5 minutes to read By: Harpreet Ahuja is a lawyer, human rights consultant, and social justice advocate. Her work explores the intersection of law, policy, and lived experience—and tells the human stories behind injustice. Harpreet is...
Read MorePost #295 1,000 words; 4 minutes to read. Summary: A recent book discusses key issues in Canadian policing. Policing is controversial work. On the one hand we have three recent killings of police officers in the line of duty, events...
Read MorePost #293 1300 words; 5 minutes to read Summary: The most recent report of Canada’s Correctional Investigator points out serious problems in the treatment of the many prisoners with mental health issues, leading to many issues after release from prison....
Read MorePost #291 900 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Kimberly Duong. Summary: Takes on several myths about what prisons in Canada are really like. This post is reproduced with slight edits from Law360 Canada: https://www.law360.ca/ca/criminal/articles/2402961?nl_pk=cc8cf973-41cc-42ab-a00e-ad2114da2a73&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ca/criminal&utm_content=2025-10-24&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0 By John L. Hill...
Read MorePost #287 1000 words; 5 minutes to read. Summary: JHSC ED Catherine Latimer comments on the resignation of Correctional Investigator Ivan Zinger, out of frustration with years of the government and CSC ignoring his recommendations. Audio summary by volunteer Kimberly...
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 MorePost #270 880 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Kimberly Duong. By Harpreet Ahuja, lawyer and human rights consultant based in Vancouver. From 2021 to 2023, she was one of the first four external independent decision-makers...
Read MorePost #261 500 words; 3 minutes to read Audio summary by student volunteer Kimberly Duong. Summary: Interviews with 29 family members of incarcerated people shows the heavy burdens families face, often due to services not provided by the prisons. by...
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