“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
At least five New Brunswick children whose families were known to protective workers have died, but little is known about their deaths. Continue reading
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
Correctional Service Canada says a woman serving a sentence for first-degree murder has died in an Ontario prison. Continue reading
The Ministry of Justice is reviewing a controversial tool used in Saskatchewan jails called administrative segregation, also known federally as solitary confinement. Continue reading
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
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
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
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
Ashley Smith’s mother says she doesn’t know what to do next after the Correctional Service of Canada said it was “unable to fully support” a coroner’s recommendation to stop putting inmates in segregation. Continue reading