Sadly, Labour's law and order drive is more than an election strategy Read more
The federal prisons ombudsman says Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan should order the establishment of needle exchange programs in penitentiaries. Howard Sapers, officially known as the correctional investigator, said in his annual report Thursday that the Correctional Service of Canada has ignored such recommendations for years. Read more
Sentencing "Irrational," Advocates for Fair and Reasonable Sentencing Call for Repeal of Federal Mandatory Minimums Read more
There are no exact figures, but as many as one in three children in English youth jails are there for breaching an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ABSO). Read more
Ontario Medical Association says clean needles needed to keep public safe from rising HIV and hepatitis C infection rates. Read more
Position paper from the Ontario Medical Association calls for the implementation prison syringe exchange programs across Ontario. Read more
Drug-using prisoners may be given clean needles under a scheme being considered by the Scottish Prison Service. Read more
From Canadian HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review, Volume 9, Number 2, August 2004. Published by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Read more
At least 11 al-Qaeda suspects have "disappeared" in U.S. custody, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. U.S. officials are holding the detainees in undisclosed locations, where some have reportedly been tortured. Read more
Joseph Scholes was a disturbed 16-year-old with a history of self-harming. Lawyers, social workers and psychiatrists said he was a high suicide risk. So why was he sent to prison for a minor street crime? Read more
