27th November 2004
Sadly, Labour's law and order drive is more than an election strategy
18th November 2004
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.
16th November 2004
Sentencing "Irrational," Advocates for Fair and Reasonable Sentencing Call for Repeal of Federal Mandatory Minimums
31st October 2004
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).
27th October 2004
Ontario Medical Association says clean needles needed to keep public safe from rising HIV and hepatitis C infection rates.
27th October 2004
Position paper from the Ontario Medical Association calls for the implementation prison syringe exchange programs across Ontario.
17th October 2004
Drug-using prisoners may be given clean needles under a scheme being considered by the Scottish Prison Service.
14th October 2004
From Canadian HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review, Volume 9, Number 2, August 2004. Published by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
12th October 2004
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.
11th October 2004
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?
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.