(2/4) Ce centre résidentiel communautaire exploité par la Société John Howard Society appuie la transition des Inuits et les prépare à leur réinsertion dans les collectivités inuites après qu’ils auront purgé leur peine de ressort fédéral.

Man dies after assault at Toronto jail, police say
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(1/4) Kathy Neil, the Deputy Commissioner for Indigenous Corrections, recently visited Ikaarvik House, a community residential facility run by John Howard Society.

“Solitary confinement literally causes the brain to shrink, and it induces a broad range of severe harms, up to and including psychosis and suicide'

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Poilievre tells police union conference he’ll override charter rights to keep an innocent man like Umar Zameer in prison without trial

Trust me to block courts from protecting rights, he says cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Ontario Superior Court rejects exceptional request by Peel Police to hide officer names in police accountability lawsuit.

Bloomfield: “There is no accountability' for prisoners who assault. Accountability is same for all- criminal charges, fair process, proportionate penalty. Punishment won't change a prisoner's behaviour but hope + opportunity might.
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'UCCO reports that 55 per cent of federal correctional officers have suffered a work-related mental health injury.' Is that PTSD, anxiety, depression? What is a 'mental health injury'? If back on duty, have they healed? paherald.sk.ca/these-are-issu… via Prince Albert Herald

2/2 While accountability for criminal wrongdoing is important, so is the context. Also, if parole ineligibility periods are so long that prisoners expect to die in prison, unlikely adding to the sentence will deter: 'Nothing to lose' = higher risk cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Prisoner on trial for assaulting another prisoner: UCCO is correct - violence in prisons increasing: Inmate to inmate assaults were 38% higher than last year: 200 more incidents than a decade ago. Effective measures must be taken to reduce it. 1/2 cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Detaining migrants in prisons violates human rights and risks abuses theconversation.com/detaining-migr… via The Conversation Canada

Former cop’s human rights case delayed until release from jail: 'decision says that since he began serving his penitentiary sentence, “it has been impossible for counsel to have any meaningful contact with him”': Fix this for all   ottawacitizen.com/news/former-co… via @ottawacitizen

The scoop on The Inside Scoop – Our Communities: Kudos John Howard Society of Manitoba - many talented artists in our prisons winnipegfreepress.com/our-communitie… via Free Press Community Review - West

Provincial jail loosens rules on inmate phone calls after OmbudsPEI questions
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Accused B.C. killer charged after Ontario prison attack: Reducing prison violence is needed. How effective is it to more prisoners from one region to another? Why was BC prisoner facing charges in BC moved to an Ont prison? vancouversun.com/news/crime/acc… via The Vancouver Sun

Important read: Mental Illness and the Prison System: People with mental illness will have a high rate of recidivism coming out of prison but, if we do them well, they are at much lower risk than offenders without a mental illness. #FFRR
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Cindy Murphy, ED of John Howard Society of Nfld + L shares thoughts on new prison and preferred design features. cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Serious allegations of increasing violence in fed. prisons need to be verified. More than Unions need to be involved in developing any needed responses. Disciplinary segregation not the answer: Prisoners dangerous to others are placed in isolation. thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/safe…

Indigenous healing lodges underfunded: Kudos to Waseskun for being identified by Public Safety as a success story: Was success measured by lower recidivism rates?

https://globalnews ca/news/10439439/indigenous-healing-lodges-face-chronic-underfunding-across-canada-critics-say/

79-year-old inmate at Beaver Creek Institution dies in custody after more than 50 years of incarceration: What efforts were made to rehabilitate Mr. Beach? Sentenced to death by incareration in late 20s? muskokaregion.com/news/79-year-o… via MuskokaRegion.com