Post #233 900 words; 4 minutes to read Summary: Ben Perrin, law professor and former advisor to the Harper government, makes a compelling argument for a dramatic change in our approach to criminal justice. ‘Indictment’, by Benjamin Perrin. University...
Read MorePost #228 960 words; 4 minutes to read People who want to ‘abolish prisons’ or ‘defund the police’ are often dismissed as utopian thinkers, imagining a world that cannot exist. But in a provocative piece , US scholar Michael...
Read MorePost #209 About 800 words; 4 minutes to read By Emily Stewart, Blog Associate Editor Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Hannah Lee Summary: Discusses four of the main issues in the 2021 report of the Correctional Investigator on Canada’s prisons....
Read MorePost #203 675 words; 3 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Bella Kiss. This week we publish two quite different views on the 30th anniversary of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA), the law that governs prisons and...
Read MorePost #196 770 words; 3 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey It’s hard to find anyone outside the government that is a fan of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), which operates federal prisons and parole. Previous...
Read MorePost #191 980 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer Averi Brailey This post, by Canadian scholar Dr. Vicki Chartrand, is reproduced with permission from the website of the Australian Institute for International Affairs. Dr Vicki Chartrand is...
Read MorePost # 189 980 words; 4 minutes to read. Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. The Correctional Investigator is responsible for dealing with complaints about Canada’s prisons. His annual report is often very revealing about the state of these...
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 #177 740 words; 3 minute read 30 second audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. Canada’s prison system would be totally transformed if the recommendations in a recent Senate report were adopted, though the report seems to have garnered...
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