Prison Rehabilitation

• Totem pole project at B.C. jail helping inmates carve out new futures

  The final product, expected by the end of the summer, will be a totem pole, featuring figures that represent strength, healing, community, and family.

  Crime

  Aug 17, 2022
  
• Once convicted of manslaughter, ex-gang member now licensed as Ontario lawyer

  "When I was nine, I was an altar server; when I was 14, I was a straight-A student; when I was 19, I was facing first-degree murder," Rohan George said. "When I'm 34, I'm being called to the bar. Life isn't linear."

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2020
  
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• Calgary woman creates pen pals for prisoners: ‘You can’t give up on any human being’

  The prisoners pay a small fee to be profiled on the pen pal site. Their offences are disclosed.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2017
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• Prison for women becomes Colombia’s trendy new restaurant

  A women's prison in Colombia has opened a trendy restaurant in a new experiment aimed at helping inmates rehabilitate.

  Features

  Jan 24, 2017