September 2016
September 9, 2016 US Prison Strike
May 2015
Solitary Confinement in prisons – 28 May 2015
Aboriginal Women Now Make-Up One Third of Canadian Prison Population – 27 May 2015
‘The Outside Circle’: Rethinking Rehabilitation for Aboriginal Offenders – 26 May 2015
Prison Watchdog Howard Sapers Troubled by Canadian Corrections – 25 May 2015
Prison Stories – 17 May 2015
April 2015
Correctional Service Canada Offers Virtual Tour of Federal Prisons – 17 April 2015
March 2015
Prison Food Cutbacks Called Disgusting and Inadequate by BC Inmates – 11 March 2015
February 2015
Civil Rights Lawyers Sue Ferguson over ‘debtors’ prisons – 18 February 2015
January 2015
Muslim says he’s not allowed to practice religion at Baffin Correctional Centre – 29 January 2015
Cruel and Unusual: Why “Tough on Crime” Agenda May Cost Canadians – 28 January 2015
Ministry of Justice bids for Contract with Saudi Prison Service – UK – 25 January 2015
John Howard Society , BCCLA sue Ottawa over Solitary Confinement – 19 January 2015
Radicalization of prisoners discussed at Canadian Roundtable – 12 January 2015
Canada’s Epidemic of Overcrowded Prisons – 8 January 2015
Mountie takes aboriginal woman home from jail to pursue relationship – 8 January 2015
Prisoners’ phones to be cut off under new law – UK – 5 January 2015
December 2014
What killed Rikers Island inmate Victor Woods? 29 December 2014
One woman’s story of 16 years inside a Russian jail 4 December 2014
November 2014
“‘Asphyxiating for a breath of freedom’: Wave of Hunger Strikes in Greece 29 November 2014
Leighton Hay, wrongfully convicted of murder, walks free 28 November 2014
Quebec Helicopter jailbreak surveillance video 26 November 2014
‘Prison is not for punishment in Sweden. We get people into better shape’ Sweden- 26 November 2014
Prison staff used inmates to run car-wash, auto repair services 19 November 2014
October 2014
Canada to Expand Surveillance and Detention Powers After Shooting – 24 October 2014
California Prisons Agree to End Racial Segregation Policy – US – 23 October 2014
Mumia-Abu Jamal Speaks Out from Jail on New Pennsylvania Law Silencing Prisoners – US – 21 October 2014
Prison whistleblowers being threatened with dismissal – UK – 20 October 2014
Inmate Suicide Figures Expose Human Toll of Prison Crisis -UK 17 October 2014
Harper Government pushes forward bill to introduce life without the possibility of parole 18 October 2014
Prison staff shortages approaching tipping point -UK 14 October 2014
Jail with checkered past takes in Native American inmates to fill empty cells 9 October 2014
BC prisons lock mentally ill-offenders in isolation 1 October 2014
Rob Wright jail cell take down renews calls for investigation – British Columbia 3 October 2014
September 2014
Former Black Panther Marshall “Eddie” Conway released after 44 years in prison on false charges 30 September 2014
Report on the Coroners Inquest into the death of Lucia Vega Jimenez 28 September 2014
“Powerless”: treatment programs within the prison industrial complex 26 September 2014
Woman who gave birth at Ottawa Jail files $1.3M Lawsuit posted 23 September 2014
BC Corrections Officer makes human rights complaint against employer – harassed and forced to work with man who assaulted his sister posted 17 September 2014
Scathing report criticizes Corrections Services of Canada on suicides in custody posted 10 September 2014
August 2014
CSC withholding information about drug prescriptions posted August 12 2014
June 2014
“Why Prisons are Built as Schools Close Down” – Arturo, libcom.org posted 25 June 2014