Canada
North America
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador has informed the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) that it will no longer incarcerate people detained solely for immigration purposes in its provincial jails as of March 31, 2025, according to information obtained by Radio-Canada.
North America
Justice
Material conditions
Canada
Over the past year, records indicate that at least 24 offenders had their incarceration time reduced due to frequent lockdowns, pest infestations, and other harsh treatment at the Toronto South Detention Centre in Etobicoke, near Kipling Avenue and the Gardiner Expressway.
Canada: close to ordinary violence
Testimonial
North America
Mental health
Violence
Social ties
Canada
Olivia* supports a close schizophrenic friend through his life sentence. She recounts the time spent helping him and understanding his illness. She reveals the shortcomings of the penal system as well as the violence perpetrated by prison staff.
Women
Social ties
Rehabilitation
Canada
Women prisoners encounter more difficulties than their male counterparts when it comes to maintaining ties with family and friends. What kind of problems do these women face? What can be done to help them? An interview with the Elizabeth Fry Society of Quebec.
Canada: camping holidays near the prison
Testimonial
Canada: bringing law into prisons
Interview
North America
Women
Health
Mental health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Canada
Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.
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From city to city
Opinion
Facilities
Overcrowding
Social ties
Canada
Walls that move: with every transfer, prisoners in Quebec travel hundreds of kilometres crammed into vans.
Canada: "a drop in the ocean"
Interview
Coronavirus
North America
Health
Facilities
Overcrowding
Canada
“Since prisons are such confined and notoriously unsanitary places, vaccinating the prisoners was an urgent matter. At the very least, vaccinating the oldest and most vulnerable among them was a top priority.”
North America
Pre-trial detention
Foreign prisoners
Access to legal rights
Justice
Violence
Canada
Thousands held, systemic change needed.
Canada : bannir les courtes peines de prison pour éviter des suicides
News
North America
Pre-trial detention
Justice
Mental health
Suicide
Alternatives
Canada
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Coronavirus
North America
Women
Health
Mental health
Social ties
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Canada
It is time to recognize alternatives to incarceration and radically rethink the prison system
Coronavirus
North America
Health
Canada
“They were afraid, they were stressed, they were kept in isolation”
Coronavirus
North America
Religion
Canada
OTTAWA – Federal prison chaplains say the spiritual needs of inmates have become an unnecessary casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when offenders are feeling particularly vulnerable and alone.
The Correctional Service of Canada is allowing only emergency in-person visits from chaplains to…
Canada: décès d’un autre prisonnier, les proches des détenus lancent un appel à l’aide
News
Coronavirus
North America
Health
Canada
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Coronavirus
North America
Health
Canada
‘I am concerned that I’m going to get a call saying my son has been sent to hospital, or worse’
Canada: une cour ontarienne entendra une contestation judiciaire
News
North America
Canada
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