Nearly half of Ontario’s jails are overcrowded, a six-year high that sees cells meant for two
people at times hold three or more as the province struggles with a rising tide of inmates who have yet to ...
The horrific case in British Columbia of 17-year-old Serena Vermeesch – Raymond Caissie, who had
recently been released from prison afer completing a 22-year sentence for a 1991 rape/abduction, is
charged ...
Recent reports of problems at the Roy McMurtry Youth Centre, while disappointing to those of us who work in the youth criminal justice system, out to come as no real surprise. ...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced tougher laws for child sex offences on Thursday,
trumpeting the proposed legislation as the most comprehensive attack against sex crimes on kids. ...
The decision by an Ontario Court of Justice recommending the Crown disclose inspection and maintenance logs for breathalyzer equipment, “puts the fire to the feet of the Crown,” Toronto criminal ...
The recent testimony of Don Head, commissioner of Corrections Canada, at the appearance before the
Ashley Smith inquest should be both sobering and infuriating to not only anyone with an interest in
matters ...
The admission by Rob Ford of consuming crack cocaine, while no doubt shocking to those who have
resolutely stood by him despite his obvious substance abuse problems, does not give rise to grounds for
police ...
We have seen this movie before. Actually, to be more accurate, we hardly ever saw this movie at all until
the Conservative government began to implement its tough-on-crime political agenda. ...
It is unlikely that a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada will attract as much public discourse as
today’s monumental judgment in Canada v. Bedford et al any time soon. ...
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