Canada
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
Elderly inmate's death highlights lack of aging strategy in Canada's prisons
“If people are sufficiently senile that they can’t remember the nature of their crime, what’s the point?”Source — CBC
Providing clean needles for inmates too risky, Canadian prison officials say
An authorized item is much more likely to be converted into a makeshift weapon, said Nick Fabiano, director general of security for the prison service.Source — The Star
Canada : un mort au cours d'une mutinerie
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Figaro
Canada : La liste des travaux à réaliser à la prison Leclerc est longue
Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.Source — Le Devoir
Canada : des prisonniers aspergés de gaz poivrés
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Le Devoir
Canada: solitary confinement is pure torture. I know, I was there
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.Source — The Globe and Mail
Canada : la condition des détenus au Centre de détention d'Ottawa-Carleton s'améliore
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Radio Canada
Canada : Québec planifie une nouvelle prison pour femmes
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…Source — Le Devoir
Prisoners' Justice Day: the unwritten holiday of Canadian inmates
Abhorring their shitty treatment in Canadian jails, prisoners in the 70s protested for change on August 10. I wouldn’t know what that actually meant until I spent my first summer in jail.Source — Vice
Canada : les rapports sur les décès en détention sont lacunaires
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.Source — Huffington Post
Canada: medical complaint challenges British Columbia prison’s use of segregation
After seven days in solitary confinement, Brett Crane told prison staff he wanted to transform into a werewolf. As his days in “the pit” marched on, he says he saw demons, heard voices and predicted that an imminent earthquake would wipe out humanity.Source — The Globe and Mail
What I learned from my time in Canadian prison
You’re not a free man just because you are out of jail.Source — Vice
Canada: I tried to turn my life around in prison but the government made it hard to do
Just as I was getting my life together behind bars the Canadian government decided to get ‘tough on crime.’Source — Vice