Criminal Justice
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Manitoba Tories promise to push for reforms to Canada’s criminal justice systemCandidates Kelvin Goertzen and Rejeanne Caron made the announcement Friday in Winnipeg.PoliticsSep 29, 2023
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N.B. Kindness Closet aims to help people impacted by the criminal justice system, povertyThe Kindness Closet is a boutique which aims to help people dealing with the criminal justice system and poverty receive training and access resources.FeaturesAug 13, 2023
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Proposed N.B. jail sees large opposition at public hearingsCity council in Fredericton approved first and second readings of a bylaw for a rezoning to allow a correctional facility within city limits despite fierce opposition.CrimeJan 10, 2023
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B.C.’s prolific offender review ‘too little, too timid, and too late’ say BC LiberalsAn expert review of B.C.'s chronic offender problem has delivered a report with 28 recommendations mostly focusing on mental health.CrimeSep 21, 2022
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Saskatchewan stabbings show Canada in critical need of justice system supports: expertsCriminology experts say Myles Sanderson's criminal profile should have given off more warning signs before he was released on parole months prior to the attacks.CanadaSep 7, 2022
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Ontario needs to bring all parties together to address issues at EMDC: OPSEU headWhile concern is longstanding, tensions appear to have escalated in recent months amid a dispute over a memorial outside the jail and a recent rally following another inmate death.PoliticsJul 29, 2021
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StatCan to collect, report race-based crime data in project with police chiefsThe partnership will involve collecting and reporting data about Indigenous and ethnocultural groups when compiling information on victims and accused people.CanadaJul 15, 2020
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Is the Liberal government’s promise to repeal mandatory minimum sentences dead?'Repealing mandatory minimum sentences may be exactly the sort of pressure-release valve that our overburdened courts need,' says lawyer Michael Spratt.PoliticsJan 18, 2020
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Winnipeg murder rate skyrockets in 2019, criminal justice expert points to long-term solutionsMore people — 44 — were killed in Winnipeg than ever before, doubling 2018's homicide rate of 22.CrimeDec 31, 2019
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Top of mind: ‘Justice’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the yearThe word follows "toxic," picked by Oxford Dictionaries, and "misinformation," plucked by Dictonary.com.WorldDec 17, 2018
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