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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Feb 27 2013
Ontario’s 300,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit are chronically overrepresented in jails and under-represented on the juries that assess innocence and guilt, or probe deaths… not just on juries, but among all those who work in the administration of justice in this province, whether as court officials, prosecutors, defence counsel, or judges,”
Tags: corrections, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Nov 28, 2012
Half of Canadian offenders say substance abuse is the cause of their crimes. In Saskatchewan, a full 93% of provincial offenders have a substance-abuse problem… But “the criminal justice system is blind to addictions,” Bryant writes. Most problem drinkers who habitually commit crimes rotate through prison and a precarious street life. Bryant would like to see almost the entire justice system taking a therapeutic approach to addicts…
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, Health, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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Sunday, November 25th, 2012
Nov 24, 2012
… we must innovate in social policy. First… a wealth tax to fight poverty, by which the taxpayers design and operate, like charities, methods for combating poverty. This would incentivize the wealthy and the financially most astute to reduce poverty, as the tax would decline as defined poverty declined. And let us abolish imprisonment for all non-violent offences except the briefest periods, the most egregious offenses, or the chronic recidivists.
Tags: corrections, ideology, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
November 20, 2012
… some advocates of social financing lobbied Ottawa for recognition and support. But they sought changes in the tax code to loosen the definition of charity… They never envisaged being enlisted in the government’s austerity drive or its crime crackdown. They certainly never intended to relieve the government of its responsibility to provide basic help for the poor, disabled, homeless and unemployed.
Tags: budget, corrections, ideology, philanthropy, poverty, tax
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Thursday, September 20th, 2012
20 Sep. 2012
This infographic highlights and illustrates how wasteful and inefficient the war on drugs has been. Since first declared in 1970 by President Nixon, the U.S. has spent $1 Trillion on the War on Drugs… [but] the USA is the world’s largest consumer of illicit drugs… Let’s be blunt – It’s time to end the drug war!
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, economy, Health, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
Posted in Child & Family Policy Context | 2 Comments »
Monday, August 27th, 2012
August 26, 2012
The Conservative government has introduced 69 “crime” bills since 2006… These bills are more silly and stupid than they are offensive or destructive. The “protecting seniors” bill changes nothing; the “victim surcharge” bill imposes additional financial penalties on offenders who can’t pay… Conservative criminal justice policy is developed not to serve public or societal needs but to help market the Conservatives to specific constituencies…
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, ideology
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Saturday, August 11th, 2012
31 July 2012
… they have been immersed in a culture of custody and they can’t leave it behind without support… While these teens have aptitude, they can be “functionally illiterate and they need wraparound services from people who speak their language… Redemption Reintegration Services… provides them with advice on housing, jobs, clothing and even has a barbershop in the office for students who can’t afford a haircut when they get out of jail… “once these kids feel they don’t belong, that’s when it starts.”
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, youth
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Monday, July 9th, 2012
July 08, 2012
Canada’s prison bosses don’t know how many federal inmates have been diagnosed with mental health problems. The Correctional Service of Canada has no system-wide tracking of prisoners with mental health issues, despite recent research indicating their numbers have roughly doubled since 1997… Without the baseline information of how many prisoners are diagnosed with specific mental health problems… the government can’t develop effective treatment programs or measure whether they’re successful.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, disabilities, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
Posted in Child & Family Debates | No Comments »
Sunday, July 8th, 2012
July 06, 2012
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has slashed funding for programs that help keep young offenders out of jail and able to make something of their lives… This $36-million cut was not highlighted in the recent federal budget. It was not discussed with the agencies that provide these important services to troubled youth. Provincial ministers, who are the federal government’s partners in keeping Canada safe, were not consulted. The cut was made public last week in an announcement masquerading as good news.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, ideology, youth
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Jul 4, 2012
If anything the numbers indicate Canadians today are more solidly progressive than we have ever been. Perhaps we are a more complex and mature people than the received wisdom gives us credit for. And perhaps this means that our national political leaders, across the spectrum, don’t understand or reflect our views nearly as fully or as precisely as they might… The poll does not even remotely suggest a country that has been pushed rightward, or is being pushed rightward, incrementally or otherwise, by Conservative rule.
Tags: corrections, economy, ideology, rights, standard of living
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