Howard Sapers
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Corrections adviser recommends overhaul to address violence in Ontario jailsA report from Ontario's independent corrections adviser has made a number of recommendations aimed at making jails safer, in response to an increase in reported inmate-on-staff violence at the province's correctional institutions.PoliticsDec 17, 2018
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Nearly half of youth incarcerated are Indigenous: Statistics CanadaNearly half of all youth who end up in custody across Canada are Indigenous, a statistic that a Manitoba activist says.CanadaJun 25, 2018
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Ontario’s corrections adviser urges ‘profound’ changes to segregation practicesLast year more than 1,300 people spent 60 or more days in segregation.CanadaMay 4, 2017
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Ontario ombudsman investigating solitary confinement in jails after ‘serious issues raised’Ombudsman Paul Dube says he launched the investigation in light of the "serious issues raised in an increasing number of complaints" about the use of segregation in the province's correctional facilities.CanadaDec 2, 2016
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Prison watchdog wary of using pepper spray on inmatesCanada's prison watchdog is calling for tighter controls on the use of pepper spray in federal penitentiaries amid concerns correctional officers have taken to dousing inmates with the noxious repellent on a "routine" basis.CanadaOct 31, 2016
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Prisons callous and secretive with families when inmates die: watchdogFamilies of federal inmates who die are told little and complain that prison staff are "callous and unprofessional" in dealing with them, Canada's prison watchdog charges in a scathing report.CanadaAug 2, 2016
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Prison watchdog urges Liberals to address aboriginal corrections issuesThe country's prison watchdog says the Liberal government should act quickly on outstanding recommendations from his office, including a call to create a deputy commissioner of aboriginal corrections.CanadaNov 8, 2015
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$40M spent on N.S. prison expansion, but cells remain emptyThe federal government is following through with what's been described as the largest prison expansion project since the 1930s, but the plan has encountered some severe hiccups.CanadaSep 21, 2015
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Federal prison watchdog leaves unfinished business behind as replacement soughtCanada's outgoing prison watchdog says he wishes he had more time to work on major issues plaguing the federal correctional system and he has been given little explanation as to why he was let go.PoliticsMay 20, 2015
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Conservatives seek replacement for hard-hitting prison watchdog Howard SapersCanada's hard-hitting corrections investigator Howard Sapers has been told by the Harper government he's out of a job as soon as a replacement can be found.CanadaMay 5, 2015
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