Canada's Bill that was supposed to end solitary confinement via Structured Intervention Units has an oddly worded Parliamentary review clause: 'At start of 5th year' (means after 4 yrs of experience) a 'comprehensive review' 'must be undertaken': Isn't that June 21, 2023? 1/2

This program maintains a vitally-important link for kids of parents who are incarcerated. Maintaining pro-social bonds also decreases offenders’ risk of recidivism. A win-win! Bravo ⁦John Howard Society⁩ in #Manitoba. 👍 cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…

It is in the public interest to make video tapes of use of force in prisons available. Public officials discharging their duties should have no expectation of privacy + prisoners' faces can be blurred. Important for truth, accountability + deterrence. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Mr Stairs received and indeterminate sentence for robberies committed before the age of 21 and died 56 years later at age 77 while still incarcerated. Disproportionate? kingstonist.com/news/inmate-de…

Criminal charges laid against a correctional officer and an inmate for smuggling contraband (drugs) into Collins Bay Institution cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

Prisoner charged with crimes relating to the sexual assault of another prisoner at Bath Institution. quintenews.com/2024/08/27/bat…

Adults strip searching youth causes trauma. Use body scanners if there is a reason to believe that contraband is being hidden. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

The crimes that this "anonymous" prisoner committed would make him vulnerable in the prison population. Pickton's death raises concerns about whether such prisoners are being adequately protected. Knowing how this man died is important. quintenews.com/2024/08/28/dea…

Correctional officer charged with smuggling drugs into Kent Institution. Another was recently charged with smuggling drugs into Collins Bay Institution. How widespread is this problem? cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

B.C. correctional officer caught allegedly smuggling drugs, weapons into prison vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/bc-… via @viawesome

Adriel Weaver and her team at Goldblatt have filed an important case on these issues, working with Queen's Prison Clinic and John Howard Society. Here are the pleadings. goldblattpartners.com/wp-content/upl…

Opioid crisis in Canada's prisons leaves inmates with life-sentence of despair "He yearns for Canadians to recognize addicts in prison as people in need of relief, not reprimand, treatment, not retribution." thestar.com/news/canada/i-… via @torontostar

Opinion: The revolution in online learning has skipped over our prisons – and that helps nobody /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Kids in custody are being strip searched in Ontario. But the province can't answer a key question thestar.com/news/gta/kids-… via @torontostar

Anthony Doob Criminological Highlights with Jane Sprott and Catherine Latimer: It's now 2024, and the review that Parliament legislated – that “must” begin in 2023 – hasn't started yet.

Why has Parliament not acted on its statutory duty to begin a comprehensive review this flawed legislation starting in June 2023 and to report on needed amendments within a year? New law does not correct Charter abuses found by the courts in old law theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

How did Mr. Montgrand die while imprisoned at Sask. Penitentiary? If he had an 18 month sentence that began in 2020, why was he still imprisoned in 2024? ca.news.yahoo.com/inmate-sask-pe… via Yahoo

Level of violence in maximum security prisons is too high. Thoughts are with the injured c.o. and the victim he was attempting to help. Breaking up fights among armed combatants is dangerous. Were protocols adequate? vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/ext… via @viawesome

Pourquoi le Parlement ne s'est-il pas acquitté de son obligation légale d'entamer un examen approfondi de cette loi qui comporte des failles à partir de juin 2023 et de faire rapport sur les modifications nécessaires dans un délai d'un an? (1/2)

📢 We know that the prison system is in crisis – but how do we solve it? We need to talk about sentencing. Today we have published a paper from the most senior former judges in England and Wales, calling on the government to reverse the trend of imposing ever longer sentences.