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U.S. approach to corrections doesn’t work
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Aug 10 2010
Almost $10 billion to beef up our jail system! …proactive initiatives will have a far greater positive impact for our at-risk citizens than lumping them together for longer periods of time in bigger, fancier prisons… If we look at the United States, which has one of the highest crime rates in the world along with full-to-overflowing jails, incarceration for longer periods for every petty crime just isn’t working.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, economy, ideology
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The new Prohibition
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Aug. 7, 2010
There is no… need here to review the already well-documented grotesque criminal culture and social deterioration spawned by the U.S.-led war on drugs — a war the Conservatives are now bringing to the streets of Canada. The enforcement of these new regulations, aimed a low-level providers of services that have willing buyers, will be as effective in curbing genuine criminal activity as the other organized crime measures have been, which is not at all. They are likely to make things worse.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, ideology
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Fight call for more prisons
Monday, August 9th, 2010
August 8, 2010
Day, how about tackling important under-reported crime? Consider offences that are consistently under-reported in our society. Start with rape, domestic violence and child abuse. Spend our tax dollars on programs that can help women and children get out of abusive situations and extend to them the social services and the protection of the law they deserve… This particular justification for building more prisons so we can get tough on crime is Grade A horse manure that reasonable people should be able to smell from a mile away.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention
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Former residents of mental asylum seek justice
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Aug 04 2010
No words can right the wrongs the Huronia Regional Centre did to its residents. No expression of regret can change their blighted lives. No profession of contrition will excuse the five provincial governments that knew what was going on behind its doors and did little. Last week an Ontario Superior Court judge authorized a $1 billion class action suit against the provincial government by former residents of the Huronia Centre, originally known as the Orillia Asylum for Idiots.
Tags: disabilities, mental Health, participation, rights
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We need more prisons for statistical crimes
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
August 4, 2010
… we can’t necessarily take those crime statistics at face value is because crime reporting is voluntary, which leads to an array of challenges that can skew the numbers. With the reporting pool self-selecting, some groups may be more likely to report criminal events: the middle-class, for example, or the the family of a murder victim. And those who live in high-crime neighbourhoods, or who are the victim of a minor crime such as j-walking, might not bother to report… That’s why they’re really building all those prisons.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology
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My prison education
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
July 31, 2010
It had been an interesting experience, from which I developed a much greater practical knowledge than I had ever had before of those who had drawn a short straw from the system; of the realities of street level American race relations; of the pathology of incorrigible criminals; and of the wasted opportunities for the reintegration of many of these people into society… And I had the opportunity to see why the United States has six to twelve times as many incarcerated people as other prosperous democracies, (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom), how the prison industry grew, and successfully sought more prisoners, longer sentences, and maximal possibilities of probation violations and a swift return to custody.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, featured
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Don’t be fooled by the statistics
Friday, July 30th, 2010
July 28, 2010
As for the “crime is going down” claim, here’s the reality. Crime rates rose dramatically through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, then peaked and started to fall slowly in the early ’90s across North America. No one knows why… despite continuing small drops in the annual crime rate, they have never returned anywhere near the lower levels of 50 years ago. Combating crime effectively involves not just law enforcement, but addressing issues such as poverty, unemployment and drug abuse.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention
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On the street, you can see the harm caused by drug laws
Friday, July 30th, 2010
July 29, 2010
Our country has one of the finest health-care systems in the world, but our laws surrounding drug use result in unnecessary disease and death. In this context, the recent announcement of the Vienna Declaration has bolstered my conviction that drug prohibition is a national policy failure… The declaration calls for a “full policy reorientation.” This should not be misconstrued as an endorsement of drug use. It is simply a recognition that drug law enforcement is not an effective deterrent… Drug prohibition increases the rate of HIV infections.
Tags: crime prevention, Health
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Daycare centre for seniors aims to help families cope
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Jul. 21, 2010
When Nicole Donaldson opens her new daycare this September, she will offer a familiar array of programs and services – snacks, field trips, play time, social opportunities and all the gentle guidance that professional caregivers are trained to provide. But instead of catering to rambunctious preschoolers, she’ll be looking after seniors with Alzheimer’s and dementia… The facility will also offer a bathing service for dementia patients, a difficult and uncomfortable task for many family caregivers
Tags: standard of living
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Restraints and at-risk kids
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Jul 21 2010
… the system is overloaded with bureaucratic rules with no evidence that those rules actually help kids. When child and youth workers spend more time with kids and less time filing paperwork, kids have a stronger safety net and can achieve their best possible outcomes. / The safety and lives of our children depend on these safeguards and are well-worth the time, effort, and due diligence required to uphold them.
Tags: disabilities, mental Health, rights
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