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A recent Supreme Court judgment in the US is being hailed as a triumph by death penalty abolition advocates.
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A disproportionate number of queer youth, particular lesbians and bisexual girls, end up in jail or prison in the United States, according to a study released today by researchers at UCLA. Worse, those youth are considerably more likely to be raped during their time in custody.
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Discipline
Canada
Correctional investigator Ivan Zinger notes positive penitentiary trends in report.
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Discipline
Canada
Canada’s family doctors are calling for an all-out ban on the use of solitary confinement in Canadian prisons.
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Long-term prisoners
United States
The number of U.S. prisoners serving life sentences has more than quadrupled over the past three decades, and those eligible for parole are waiting longer to be released, according to a report released Tuesday.
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We are creating a digital mural showing how people perceive prisons around the world. We invite everyone to produce a one-minute video in reply to this question: “Prison, what does it mean to you?”
How to participate
Use your smartphone. Film in horizontal format
Start recording and count two seco…
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The cost of imprisonment — including who benefits and who pays — is a major part of the national discussion around criminal justice policy. But prisons and jails are just one piece of the criminal justice system and the amount of media and policy attention that the various players get is not necess…
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Women
United States
Mass incarceration of women was one of the important issues highlighted by the Women’s March on Washington.
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Protest
Violence
Canada
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Discipline
Torture
Canada
Donald Best is an access to justice advocate and a former Toronto Police Service sergeant who spent 63 days in solitary confinement in 2013-2014.
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Overcrowding
Canada
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Women
Canada
Préoccupé par la cohabitation de détenus des deux sexes à la prison Leclerc, le ministre de la Sécurité publique, Martin Coiteux, conclut qu’il faut construire un nouveau centre de détention pour femmes dans la région de Montréal.
Dans une entrevue accordée au Devoir, le ministre Coiteux a révélé q…
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Justice
Violence
Canada
Une étude préparée par le Bureau de l’enquêteur correctionnel affirme que le Service correctionnel du Canada (SCC) censure régulièrement les possibles erreurs ou lacunes documentées dans les rapports d’enquête envoyés aux proches de prisonniers décédés dans un centre de détention fédéral.