Sunday, April 26 12pm – 5pm est (depending on time zones) facebook:Â https://www.facebook.com/events/620446565216500/ On Sunday April 26, migrant justice & prison justice groups from coast to coast will again be coming together to demand the immediate release of everyone still being held inside Canada’s prisons, jails, and migrant detention centres as …
26 avril 12h – 17h (diff. Fuseaux horaires) facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/620446565216500/ Dimanche le 26 avril, les groupes pour la justice carcĂ©rale et en immigration d’un ocĂ©an Ă l’autre s’allieront Ă nouveau pour demander la libĂ©ration immĂ©diate de toute personne dĂ©tenue dans une prison ou un centre de dĂ©tention des personnes migrantes, demandant …
COVID 19: Measures for Federal Prisons IMMEDIATELY RELEASE ALL VULNERABLE PRISONERS: Anyone over 50 years old, immunocompromised, pregnant, sick, or who has a preexisting condition that makes them at high risk of dying from COVID-19. RELEASE ALL PRISONERS, STARTING WITH THOSE IN MINIMUM SECURITY PRISONS AND HALFWAY HOUSES: According to …
COVID-19 Mesures impĂ©ratives pour les prisons fĂ©dĂ©rales LIBÉRONS IMMÉDIATEMENT TOUS LES PRISONNIERS VULNÉRABLES : Toute personne de plus de 50 ans, immunodĂ©primĂ©e, enceinte, malade ou prĂ©sentant une condition prĂ©existante qui la rend Ă haut risque de mourir de la COVID-19. LIBÉRONS TOUS LES PRISONNIERS, en commençant par ceux qui se …
Following the petition we wrote [on 19 March, sent to government officials and asking to be released in the context of the pandemic*], which had little impact on our situation of detention, we have decided to move to the second phase of our plan. This is to go on an …
What happened to Prisoner Justice Day? is a podcast mini series about the history of prisons in canada focusing on differences in the prison system in the 1960s-1980s versus today. The podcast features interviews with former and current prisoners, as well as supporters on the outside; the miniseries is all …
Quebec’s ombudsman has released a scathing report on the treatment of Inuit in the provincial justice system. She says the detention conditions are “below current standards” and infringe on the constitutional right to human dignity. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Treatment of Inuit in …
The most visible change during my tenure as Correctional Investigator has been the growth in the overall size, complexity and diversity of the offender population. It is not a new observation that some of Canada’s minority, vulnerable or disadvantaged groups are disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system. These trends …