Ashley Smith
B.C. home inspector under fire for offering ‘pre-inspections’ to benefit sellers over buyers
A home inspectors association has filed a complaint against a colleague they say is gaming the system by playing both sides of real estate transactions. Continue reading
Ashley Smith died in solitary confinement. Her family is ‘furious’ over the new segregation bill
“We absolutely do not endorse it and especially did not endorse invoking Ashley’s name to put forward this new bill. Absolutely not,” Ward said. Continue reading
Advocate calls for greater transparency after five child deaths in New Brunswick
At least five New Brunswick children whose families were known to protective workers have died, but little is known about their deaths. Continue reading
Woman who put 14-month-old in boiling oven denied parole in Alabama
Alabama’s parole board is refusing to release a woman convicted of putting her 14-month-old daughter into a hot oven in 2002. Continue reading
Inmate found dead in Grand Valley Institution
Correctional Service Canada says a woman serving a sentence for first-degree murder has died in an Ontario prison. Continue reading
‘People go to prison for punishment not to be punished’: advocates await Saskatchewan review of solitary confinement
The Ministry of Justice is reviewing a controversial tool used in Saskatchewan jails called administrative segregation, also known federally as solitary confinement. Continue reading
Ontario watchdog calls for end to solitary confinement for youth for more than 24h
It’s time to stop locking young people in solitary confinement for days at a time, says Ontario’s Advocate for Children and Youth. Continue reading
2 suicides at same N.S. women’s prison ‘raises a lot of red flags’: ombudsman
By Ross Lord Global National Atlantic Correspondent
Camille Strickland-Murphy’s suicide at the Nova Institute for Women followed the death of another woman, in April, who was serving time at the same prison. Continue reading
Inmates with mental illness subject to ‘cruel and unusual punishment,’ suit alleges
A Toronto law firm has launched a class action suit against the federal government over the treatment of prison inmates with mental illness. Continue reading
Canada looking at ‘new model’ for solitary confinement: top prison official
The country’s top prison official says Canada is working on a “new model” for solitary confinement, in the wake of criticisms over the government’s handling of mentally ill inmates such as Ashley Smith. Continue reading