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Chronic delays undermine public faith in justice system, Senate report warns
The delays plaguing the justice system have become a crisis that could result in the release of thousands of criminals, say the senators behind a new report that explores how long it takes for cases to wind their way through the courts… The Charter of Rights and Freedoms says someone charged with an offence has the right to have their case tried within a reasonable amount of time. In a 5-4 decision, the high court defined that period as 18 months for provincial courts and 30 months for superior courts.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, rights, standard of living
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Self-regulation is no regulation
… Doctors who sexually assault their own patients not only entirely, unbelievably, escape criminal charges, which would normally apply for any other citizen committing such crimes should a sex assault or rape occur anywhere except in a private office. And they are actually allowed to continue on as usual in their medical professions with a very few and limited restrictions. Seriously? They get to keep working? In the same field? With no police involvement?
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living
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Why black Canadians are facing U.S.-style problems
To be black in Canada, with small but important exceptions, is to be from a fairly recent immigrant background – either to be, or to be descended from, a postwar immigrant from the Caribbean or Africa… Black Canadians are demonstrably facing different outcomes in employment, in housing and especially in the policing and justice systems that can only be traced to discrimination… black and white citizens were treated dramatically differently in policing, charges, court procedures, sentencing and imprisonment.
Tags: corrections, featured, housing, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living
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A smart way to cut overdose deaths
… a tenth of adults in Ontario who died of a drug overdose between 2006 and 2013 had been inmates in a provincial jail within one year of their death. That means recent prisoners were 12 times more likely to die of an overdose than someone in the general provincial population… many of the deaths came almost immediately after inmates were released… there is a “critical time period” right after release when intervention might make a difference
Tags: corrections, Health, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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Making parole decisions is one tough job
Most offenders will, by law, be released after serving two-thirds of their prescribed sentence. That’s called Statutory Release. To be paroled earlier you must apply to the board… staff, charged with securing, shepherding… and… saving (many) of the broken people populating our country’s prisons, stand on the front lines of society’s punitive and rehabilitative efforts, an often-underappreciated service. And board staff members were some of the hardest-working people I’ve encountered
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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Inmate suffering during lockdowns being used as a bargaining chip
A pair of Ontario inmates who had challenged the unrelenting practice of prison lockdowns were awarded $60,000 and $25,000 respectively; compensation for the suffering they endured after being repeatedly confined to their cells 24 hours a day for days on end. The decision is a classic example of the courts forcing reform upon a virtually unaccountable institution. Still, its after-effects have barely begun to be felt. Countless similar cases could be on the way should federal and provincial prison systems fail to change their ways.
Tags: budget, corrections, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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Time to tear down last of the Tory crime agenda
Jail does not make people better citizens. Instead, at a cost of almost $120,000 per year, offenders are packed into a brutalizing prison system that crushes the spirit and holds out precious little hope for rehabilitation. Impressionable young offenders who comprise the largest segment of the prison population come into contact with career criminals who can warp their perspective on life… having a prison record makes an ex-offender virtually unemployable after release.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Fixing health care in prisons will save us all money
About 75 per cent of prisoners spend fewer than three consecutive months in custody. But that brief period should be seen as a rare chance to connect with members of hard-to-reach populations and bring them into the health system… Instead, conditions in correctional facilities tend to exacerbate already poor health… The numbers of inmates and prisoners with substance-abuse problems, mental-health issues and a history of sexual abuse are astronomical.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Supreme Court strikes down Tories’ tough-on-crime laws
In two separate rulings that stress the importance of judges’ discretion, the court struck at the heart of prime minister Stephen Harper’s crime agenda… The effect of the rulings will be large. The Truth in Sentencing ruling will mean thousands of people each year will serve less time in jail… “The government supports the use of mandatory minimum penalties for the most serious crimes, and crucially, only where they are consistent with the Charter.”
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, rights, standard of living
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Ontario ombudsman pledges new look at broken jails system
An ombudsman needs to be trusted and respected by the government agencies whose behaviour he hopes to improve, Dubé said. “I think it’s important that the entities that we oversee feel comfortable with us, that it’s not a witch hunt, that it’s not about naming, blaming and shaming.” … Many problems an ombudsman deals with arise innocently, Dubé said. The system breaks down but not because people are exploiting it or deliberately being cruel.
Tags: corrections, ideology, rights, standard of living
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