Justice tracking more than 100 constitutional challenges to mandatory penalties
Tough on crime legislation brought in by Conservatives bogging down the system.
Prison
Federal prison corporation’s selling of moccasins, drums for revenue ‘exploitative,’ says Cree-Metis artist
Should federal prisons be selling mocassins and drums made by inmates?
New Montreal justice centre aims to fill gaps in system for Indigenous offenders
The group’s first goal is to convince the city to start providing Indigenous offenders with alternatives to prison
Yukon justice critic calls for end of ‘destructive’ solitary confinement
APTN National News Solitary confinement is coming under fire again – this time in the…
Aboriginal woman desperate to turn things around after life of crime
CALGARY — Josie Pelletier sits crossed legged on the front lawn of the Calgary half-way house…
Harper government expected to re-appoint prison ombudsman to shorter term
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News The guy who criticizes the federal government on its…
Alarm sounds over imprisoned women's mental health
Canada’s correctional investigator says the number of women hurting themselves in prison is on the rise.
Yukon study aims to identify inmates with FASD
APTN National News There are no hard numbers to determine how many inmates in Canada’s…
Special report outlines problems for Aboriginal peoples in Canada's prisons
APTN National News In the last five years there’s been a 43 per cent increase…