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Correctional Service Canada failing younger inmates, advocates argue in report

From: cbc.ca Canada's prison watchdog and Ontario's Child Advocate say Correctional Service Canada is squandering opportunities to turn young federal inmates' lives

Canada to apologize, pay former Gitmo prisoner Omar Khadr

From Canada to apologize, pay former Gitmo prisoner Omar Khadr The Canadian government is going to apologize and give millions to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner

4 Edmonton prison staff members fired after allegations of intimidation, criminal activity

Federal prison put under new management, confidential tip line set up after allegations came to light After allegations of harassment, intimidation, bullying - and

2 guards charged with manslaughter in New Brunswick prisoner's death

Matthew Hines was beaten and pepper-sprayed by guards at Dorchester Penitentiary before his 2015 death Police have laid criminal charges against two New Brunswick

Introducing prisonfreepress!

Hey there dear Steemit community, my name is Tom. I am located in so-called 'Canada' and very pleased to finally be with you all! This blog functions as a permanent

Ontario agrees to end solitary confinement for mentally ill inmates

Inmates with mental health disabilities will no longer be placed in solitary confinement barring exceptional circumstances under an agreement announced Thursday

Indefinite solitary confinement in Canadian prisons ruled unconstitutional by B.C. court

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled that the practice of prolonged and indefinite solitary confinement in Canadian prisons is unconstitutional. In a lengthy ruling

Transgender inmates in federal prison to be housed according to gender identity

The federal prison system is changing the way it treats transgender inmates, who will now be placed in a men's or women's facility based on how they self-identify.

Immigrant Detainee Class Action Certified

Koskie Minsky LLP and Henein Hutchison LLP have commenced a class action against the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario alleging human rights violations

What to do about the over-representation of Indigenous people in prisons

Editorial Board Toronto Star Nov 6, 2017 For decades watchdogs and researchers have attempted to draw attention to the disturbing over-representation of Indigenous