Reading Time: 4 minutes How can a racially based system even be called “justice”?
Tag: Prison reform
National research aimed at reforming Canada’s justice system
Reading Time: 2 minutes Experts to examine systemic problems, make evidence-based recommendations
Epidemic of illegal firearms overwhelms Canadian cities
Reading Time: 5 minutes Corrections institutions are merely holding facilities with few effective rehabilitative programs. They must have programs for safe, effective reintegration
We can’t just throw money at crime prevention
Reading Time: 3 minutes We need to to treat the crisis of a growing prison population as a public health challenge rather than the narrower response being advocated
A criminal charge based on the race of the victim is wrong
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not all the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report recommendations stand up to scrutiny
Time to end mandatory minimum sentences for murder
Reading Time: 4 minutes Indigenous women are vastly over-represented among those sentenced to life
A staggering number of Indigenous Canadians are in jail
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadian governments continue to allow the operation of a justice system constructed on a foundation of systemic racism
Reduce the poverty-to-prison pipeline for women
Reading Time: 4 minutes From prison reform to better community services that address poverty and prevent crime, here’s what Canada can do
Stemming the tide of inmate deaths after release
Reading Time: 3 minutes Time in custody offers a perfect opportunity to intervene and prevent health issues from arising after release