Prison rights groups hold ‘Where is Bill Blair’ marches in Ottawa and Toronto
‘We looked for Minister Blair in Ottawa and Scarborough to answer questions about how he is handling the COVID-19 pandemic behind bars’
Correctional Service of Canada
Canada’s prison watchdog calls out prison officials over handling of COVID-19
The Office of the Correctional Investigator is the latest to join a chorus of voices…
‘Hundreds’ of inmates quietly released from federal prisons over COVID-19 fears: Blair
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says “hundreds” of federal inmates were quietly released amidst a…
Release or isolate: The debate on how to help people inside Canada’s prisons and jails during COVID-19
The union representing 16,000 correctional service employees, parole officers and prisons guards say its members…
‘It’s disappointing’: Corrections maintains status quo as number of Indigenous women tops 40% of prison population
Despite calls from a number of federal agencies and committees, the Correctional Service of Canada…
‘Yes, it’s torture’: Federal inmate on segregation and life on the inside
Timothy Nome has spent the last 60 days in a segregation cell at the Stony…
Female convict on loose from controversial healing lodge
It’s the same Indigenous healing lodge that housed convicted child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic.
‘Little practical progress has been made on the TRC’s calls to action’ says Correctional Investigator
Canada has made little progress implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 10 calls to action…
Indigenous offenders keep serving longer prison sentences, less likely to get parole: Auditor general
During 2015-2016 fiscal year 740 of 1,066 Indigenous offenders served until statutory release.