Prison news

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

 

 

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