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50 years, 50 moments (part 2)
Thursday, April 7th, 2022
… we’ve compiled 50 milestones that together create a snapshot of a fast-growing sector moving into maturity, developing a clearer idea of itself and its role in Canadian society, navigating turbulent and often adversarial relationships with government, fighting for the funds and licence to fully come into its own, and able to fuel progressive shifts in spite of significant obstacles.
Tags: child care, corrections, disabilities, Health, homelessness, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, philanthropy, poverty, standard of living
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Federal Liberals slash criminal pardon application fee to $50 as of new year
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
The Fresh Start coalition, comprising over 60 groups, said the reforms would help people with records reintegrate into society, promote workforce participation and improve community safety… the minister’s office said that by reducing the fee and shortening the wait periods to apply for a record suspension, “we will significantly reduce barriers to reintegration and rehabilitation.”
Tags: corrections, ideology, participation
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Advancing justice: Human rights, poverty, racism, and Canada’s criminal justice system
Friday, July 30th, 2021
… Maytree will explore the interface between human rights, poverty, racism, and the criminal justice system by inviting various researchers, practitioners, and those with lived experience to deepen our understanding of the issues. The series will explore themes including the historical roots of the present-day realities, the challenges associated with the lack of race-based data, issues specific to Indigenous communities, lack of access to justice, as well as potential solutions and promising practices.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, rights
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The ‘torture’ of Canadian prisoners in solitary confinement must stop immediately
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
It is time to simply prohibit prolonged solitary confinement (15 days straight or more). Then, appoint a non-CSC expert to ensure legislative compliance. Prisoners would remain locked-up but in a manner that is Charter-compliant. This simple change would ensure taxpayers do not see another $135 million squandered on confinement that violates the Charter and offends our values.
Tags: budget, corrections, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, rights
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Immediate Government Action Needed to Restore Access to Life-Saving, Needs-Based Mental Health Services to Kids in Ontario’s Youth Justice System
Friday, March 12th, 2021
Without consultation, MCCSS has closed and reduced youth justice facilities across the province where vulnerable youth were receiving mental health services. Experts are clear that the rates of mental health issues in the youth justice population are as high as 90 per cent, with one quarter requiring a specialized “significant and immediate” treatment… half of the youth receiving specialized mental health treatment are Black, Indigenous and racialized… over half of these youth have attempted suicide
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, Indigenous, mental Health, youth
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Mandatory minimum penalties are preventing judges from arriving at just sentences
Friday, November 20th, 2020
Courts have ruled some mandatory minimums unconstitutional, but that is not an acceptable substitute for justice reform. The COVID pandemic has emphasized that good leadership requires putting politics aside and listening to evidence and expert advice that serves the public interest… Sound justice policy can and should protect public safety, address systemic racism and support fair and just results for all.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, Indigenous
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‘Dehumanizing, counterproductive, unlawful’ – Canada’s correctional system resists all attempts at reform
Monday, October 26th, 2020
… despite many calls for reform [the correctional system] remains steeped in an archaic cultural mindset, focusing on punishing prisoners instead of preparing them for a safer and healthier future. The resulting living conditions, long denounced by experts as dehumanizing, counterproductive and unlawful, are still allowed to continue.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, disabilities, featured
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Can Canada pivot from pandemic to progress?
Sunday, September 20th, 2020
… the Liberals’ Throne Speech on Sept. 23 will be an opportunity to set out policies and programs to carry us forward in ways that are more inclusive and equitable… a guaranteed livable income, along with adequate wages and benefits for the employed – as well as other social and health supports such as child care, education, pharma, mental health and dental care – would be a way to protect all Canadians.
Tags: budget, child care, corrections, crime prevention, economy, Health, ideology, Indigenous, participation, pharmaceutical, poverty
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Ontario and Ottawa keep failing on reforms to solitary confinement
Saturday, August 29th, 2020
The debilitating effects of solitary confinement on prisoners’ mental health are well known. There’s a reason the UN defines stints in solitary beyond 15 days as torture. It should be used only as a last resort and not, as it so often is, to put a troubled inmate out of sight and out of mind, or as a way to maintain security in the face of under-staffing or lack of appropriate mental health care inside institutions.
Tags: corrections, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, rights
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Facing a huge COVID-19 backlog, prosecutors are quietly diverting more drug possession and impaired driving charges from criminal court
Monday, August 24th, 2020
TheStar.com – GTA Aug. 23, 2020. By Betsy Powell, Courts Reporter Without fanfare, the federal and provincial governments have begun targeting drug possession and drinking and driving offences as potential charges that can be diverted out of the criminal justice system to help reduce massive backlogs that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. But just […]
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction
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