Informed Opinion: the CCRA at 30- 2
Post #204 About 1130 words; 6 minutes to read. Audio summary by volunteer Bella Kiss. This post is a response to the CCRA by Iridian Grenada, who has spent many years in Canadian prisons. His work has appeared on...
Read MoreSenators report that prisons (not prisoners) routinely break the law
Post #198 680 words; 3 minutes to read This audio summary by volunteer Hannah Lee. Last September we published a post on the report by the Senate of Canada Committee on human rights of prisoners in Canada. The Committee was...
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 MoreRecent data shows areas for improvement in our prison and parole systems
Post # 180 960 words; 4 minutes to read Audio summary courtesy of volunteer Averi Brailey. Public Safety Canada annually produces The Corrections and Conditional Release Overview (CCRSO), one of the better regular sources of data about criminal justice in...
Read MorePrisoner experience part 8 – Work in a federal prison
Post #171 1700 words; 6 minutes to read. This post has a 30 second audio summary courtesy of our volunteer, Averi Brailey. This is the eighth in an ongoing series of posts sent to us by a former prisoner who...
Read MorePrison experience part 4.
This post is 1500 words; 6 minutes to read. This is the fourth in an ongoing series of posts sent to us by a former prisoner who wishes to remain anonymous. Previous posts in this series are here (#1), here...
Read MoreJohn Howard Canada adds podcast series
John Howard Canada is creating a series of podcasts in which former prisoners talk about their experience in prison and re-entering the community. “Voices Inside and Out” talks with people who’ve actually walked through those gates; their personal stories and...
Read MoreData on Canada’s prison system
900 words; 4 minute read. The annual performance monitoring report of the Parole Board of Canada is one of the best regular sources of data about criminal justice in Canada – a field where our data are generally quite weak....
Read MoreCan Canadian prisons be improved?
This post is 800 words and can be read in about 4 minutes. The new head of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has been given a huge mandate for change in that organization, which operates Canada’s federal prisons and...
Read MoreFinancial facts on Canadian prisons
This post is about 600 words and can be read in 3 minutes. Canada’s jail and prison system is expensive. Here are some facts: Total spending and comparisons Total (federal, provincial and municipal) public spending on criminal justice in Canada...
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