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Needle exchanges in federal prisons can save money and lives
It is simply unfeasible for CSC to lock down a prison to such a degree that no drugs will ever get inside… The problem is that inmates using injectable drugs share the limited number of contraband needles and syringes available to them. People in federal prisons are consequently far more likely to acquire AIDS/HIV or hepatitis C than the general population. They arrive in prison healthy and leave with chronic diseases that cost society millions of dollars to treat. Sometimes, they die.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, Health, ideology, rights, standard of living
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Abolish solitary confinement for Ontario’s children and youth
“… whatever the name, solitary confinement should be banned by States as a punishment or extortion technique,” UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. Méndez told the UN General Assembly in 2011… It doesn’t matter if you call it solitary confinement, administrative segregation, secure de-escalation, or anything else. Let’s just call it something we used to do, that we don’t do anymore.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, rights
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Keeping the mentally ill out of solitary, and out of prison
… medical facilities and professionals have been in such short supply in both federal and provincial prisons that those with mental health issues are often held in solitary because prison staff don’t know what else to do with them… it’s welcome news that the province plans to hire 239 more staff for its 26 prisons to care for mentally ill prisoners, as well as taking steps to keep them out of prison, never mind solitary, in the first place.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, disabilities, mental Health, rights
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Once again, our prison system fails. And this time it’s the victims of crime who suffer
When a prison fails to keep peace, order and good government inside, and fails to rehabilitate offenders, it hurts both inmates and society. And when criminals are ordered released early, not for good behaviour but as a form of compensation for the state’s bad behaviour, the justice system fails crime’s victims.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, rights, standard of living
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Howard Sapers to head segregation review
An independent review of segregation in Ontario jails will be headed by Howard Sapers, who has served as Canada’s correctional investigator and inmate ombudsman for more than a decade… Sapers will not only look at solitary confinement, but also how to improve the correctional system overall… Alternatives to segregation can include a “more therapeutic environment,” additional time spent outside of the cell and fewer restrictions on an inmate’s movement.
Tags: corrections, Health, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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Something Canadians can agree on: making life better for indigenous people
… more than one in two Canadians (54 per cent) cited raising the standard of living for indigenous peoples to the same level as other Canadians… followed by ensuring that government decisions and the laws of Canada respect the legal rights of indigenous peoples (25 per cent)… regardless of their age, gender or region.
Tags: budget, child care, corrections, ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Realities faced by black Canadians are a national shame
… systemic discrimination has subjected black people to racial profiling by law enforcement, soaring incarceration rates, disproportionate poverty and poor health, the over-apprehension of black children by child welfare agencies and lower graduation rates. Black women… face a rate of poverty that is almost five times higher than that of white Canadian women, and are one of the fastest-growing groups in federal prisons. Underlying these injustices, the UN Working Group has made clear, is systemic racism.
Tags: corrections, poverty, rights, standard of living, women, youth
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Governments must restrict use of prison ‘segregation’
On August 14, 2016, there were 361 offenders held in segregation, down from 775 on April 13, 2014. And, contrary to its own predictions, CSC did not lose control of its prisons… every day that goes by without government action is another day that prisoners across the country are thrown into segregation cells when other alternatives might be just as safe — and more humane — for them and their fellow inmates.
Tags: corrections, disabilities, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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INSIDE OUT: The decline of parole and the fundamentals of Canada’s penal system
… those who work with ex-offenders, insist it is time for a massive rethink… “Maybe we should go with a more structured statutory-release mechanism,” says Catherine Latimer, executive director of the John Howard Society. That is: Scrap parole, save $57-million on the annual administration of the parole board, and try something like the format used on youth offenders – for every two days served in prison, one day spent under community supervision.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation
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Think tank releases report card on Canada’s justice system
… there’s an awful lot of people being dragged through the Ontario criminal justice system who are ultimately having their charges stayed, withdrawn or acquitted. That is costing millions of dollars to the province but it’s also plugging up the system so that really important cases don’t make it through… And, in fact, there’s no national statistics that you can get broken down by province and territory on recidivism rates
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, Indigenous
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