New: canada-prisonsAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzansteemhive-183959hive-180932hive-166405photographyuncommonlabhive-185836hive-150122hive-183397hive-144064bitcoinlifehive-188619krsuccesshive-139150hive-101145hive-124908hive-103599hive-145157hive-184714hive-109690TrendingNewHotLikersprisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years ago#JusticeForColten and Anti-Indigenous Racism on Canadian Jurieswww.intersectionalanalyst.com Feb 16, 2018 In August 2016, Colten Boushie was murdered by Gerald Stanley, a 56-year old white farmer, in Saskatchewan. Boushie was a young, 22-year old Indigenous…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoToking while white: A get out of jail cardAs a middle-aged woman, you get used to becoming invisible. Bartenders no longer see you, never mind taxi drivers. It’s not surprising to have your partner turn to you with a start and say, “Whoa! I…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoHamilton's inmates keep dying — and more could be done to save them, study saysSince 2012, at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, a steady stream of body bags have been carried out the door. Eight men died of drug overdose inside the jail in a six-year period, and now…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoB.C. prisoners get addiction therapy after charter challengePrisoners struggling with opiate addictions in British Columbia jails have gained the same right to medical treatment as people outside the corrections system. B.C. Corrections has implemented a…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoAging Prison Populations Require a Creative SolutionOlder inmates are posing a new problem for Canada's prison system. The Correctional Service of Canada is developing a strategy to adapt the system, but it may come too late to meet the needs of many…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoPrison reform gone wrongIt is getting to be a real crime. All is not well in Canada’s prison system and Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale, charged with making it better, is working against the clock. In fact, a fuse…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoThe Trudeau government should not delay on sentencing reformsOttawa’s public consultation on criminal-sentencing reforms mustn’t contribute to further delay - or worse still, be used as a justification for doing the minimum. As the Trudeau government…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoFamily of immigration detainee who died in jail still waiting for answersFive months after receiving a curt phone call from a Milton jail telling him his wife was dead, Herb Gratton still doesn’t know what actually happened to her. None of the authorities involved —…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoRestorative justice at centre of Manitoba's new plan to keep people out of jailManitoba wants to divert more people away from jail, a new report on changes to the justice system says. "This is about creating safer communities, it's about creating better access to justice…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoOffering a lift keeps loved ones in touchAs a high-school teacher, Lindsay Brown encourages her students to think globally and act locally, so they might make a difference in the world. Brown exemplifies that attitude as a volunteer…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years ago'Many intersecting factors' to blame for deadly Prince Albert prison riot, says Correctional Services CanadaIn a report published this week following a recommendation by Canada's prison watchdog, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) identified kitchen staff walkouts as the "catalytic event" that could have…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoA bedtime story from prison: Rebooted program closes gap for incarcerated mothersA program that lets incarcerated mothers record bedtime stories for their children, has restarted after a three-year hiatus to the delight of a former prisoner who used the service. When…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoWatchdog calls for 'compassionate' parole as prison system adopts new assisted death policyReport shows many requests from terminally ill inmates for special parole are rejected The federal prison watchdog is urging more "compassionate" parole options and a ban on medically assisted…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoTrial in absence a real Toronto tragedyI am sitting in a courtroom at the Old City Hall courthouse in Toronto watching a trial for someone we’ll call Jim. I don’t know Jim. There’s a high probability he was homeless because it’s…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoFewer prisoners on parole isn’t making us saferWe are wasting money on prisons in Canada. Not that we should remove them, but they are certainly being overused. Prior to the mid-1990s it was widely accepted that imprisonment is a necessary evil…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoPeople with mental illness too often landing in prison instead of hospitalsBrian Rose could be in prison right now. He could be languishing behind bars, his mental health spiralling downwards, his needs attended to by guards instead of psychiatrists and nurses. Rose…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoB.C. solitary ruling: A bold move that may finally bring about changeA historic decision has put Canada at the forefront of an international movement against solitary confinement. The B.C. Supreme Court found that Canadian laws governing solitary (or administrative…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoNova Scotia records 192% jump in inmates presumed innocent and awaiting trialA threefold increase over 10 years in the number of people awaiting trial while in Nova Scotia jails is "extremely problematic," says a legal advocate. According to a Statistics Canada report…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoIn historic 1st, transgender inmate wins transfer to women's prisonCanada's federal prison service has approved the first transfer of a transgender inmate to an institution based on gender identity rather than physical anatomy, CBC News has learned. Fallon…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoHigh cost of making calls from Nova Scotia jails is 'predatory’Inmate advocates say the high cost of phone calls at Nova Scotia's provincial jails is isolating those behind bars from their families and hindering their chances of rehabilitation. "We're…
