Prison Conditions
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Sask. prisoner now 3 months into hunger strike over Indigenous inmate conditionsFaith Eagle’s strike comes with a call for change when it comes to how Indigenous people are treated in Canadian prisons.CanadaDec 4, 2022
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Nova Scotia report highlights concerns of prisoner conditions in provincial jailsThe majority of individuals -- over 70 per cent of those in provincial custody -- are in remand, which means they're awaiting a court date.CanadaJul 26, 2021
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Family of Quebecer serving time in Florida seeking answers following his deathThe man's mother says she suspects the conditions in her son's cell led to his death.CanadaAug 20, 2020
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Conditions at EMDC ‘among the worst’ in Ontario: human rights commissionerThe conditions also pose a serious risk to the health and safety of both inmates and correctional staff, Renu Mandhane writes.PoliticsMay 21, 2019
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Ashley Smith’s family calls for reopened criminal investigation in her deathThe death of a young woman who strangled herself in a segregation cell was a homicide, ruled a coroner's inquest jury, who recommended that seriously mentally ill female offenders not be held in prisons.CanadaDec 20, 2013
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Ashley Smith inquest: Key recommendations from the juryA list of some of the key recommendations made by the jury at the Ashley Smith inquest, after returning a homicide verdict.CanadaDec 19, 2013
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Loubani, Greyson lend support to migrants detained ‘indefinitely’ in Ont. prisonJohn Greyson and Dr. Tarek Loubani, the two Canadians released last month from an Egyptian prison, have joined the call for a stop to “indefinite” immigration detention in Canada.CanadaNov 5, 2013
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Protests planned for detained migrants at Ontario jailRallies are planned across southern Ontario today to protest what activists say is the unfair detention of nearly 200 migrants at a provincial jail.PoliticsOct 8, 2013
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