New: remand-crisisAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917zzanhive-183959hive-180932hive-185836hive-166405steemhive-150122hive-144064hive-101145uncommonlabhive-188619hive-145157hive-183397hive-184714bitcoinlifekrsuccesshive-193637motivationhive-180301hive-103599hive-139150TrendingNewHotLikersprisonfreepress (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 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 ago'Inmates are dying left, right, and centre'"Another day in paradise." That's how James Pigeau described his life in an infamous Ontario jail - the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC), in London, Ont. - during a phone call to CBC The…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoPrison notes: My time in suicide watch and solitary confinementThe prison system in Canada is a large scale travesty of justice, a modern-day asylum and residential school where you go in wanting to kill yourself, and the conditions just make you want to kill…prisonfreepress (30)in canada-prisons • 7 years agoMore than half of Canadian adults in jail awaiting trial rather than serving sentences in 2014 and 2015: StatsCan'People who are at law presumed innocent are being placed behind bars and having their liberties denied before they’re convicted of any sort of crime' For over a decade, jails across Canada have…