Post #278 1000 words; 4 minutes to read By: Post 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 amplify the...
Read MorePost #266 1000 words; 4 minutes to read. By Hanisha Brar and Kimberly Duong, student volunteers. Summary: Parents are accused of child abuse on the basis of mistaken medical diagnosis, leading to huge negative consequences for them, the children...
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...
Read MorePost #259 1060 words; 5 minutes to read Audio summary by student volunteer Kimberly Duong. Post by Alexandra Gagnon, law student, University of Alberta Summary: This post looks at second chance options for those with a criminal record as supported...
Read MorePost #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 MorePost #218 1300 words plus poem; 5 minutes to read Audio summary by volunteer law student Hannah Lee. Editor’s note: This post was written by a woman who is on the national sex offender registry. Although registries have been shown...
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 #183 1040 words; about 5 minutes to read This brief audio summary done by our volunteer Averi Brailey. A post last summer looked at the work of Dr. Katrin Roots on human trafficking in Canada. The earlier post looked at...
Read MorePost #172 840 words; 4 minutes to read This post has a 30 second audio summary courtesy of our volunteer, Averi Brailey Taking measures to combat human trafficking has become a major cause for federal and provincial governments in Canada...
Read MorePost # 170 820 words; 4 minutes to read This post has a 30 second audio summary thanks to John Howard volunteer Averi Brailey. Several posts on this blog have provided evidence that prisons are ineffective and expensive ways of...
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