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Prison Free Press (PFP) is a Non-Profit Organization that publishes 2 free quarterly zines for prisoners, ex-prisoners, their loved ones, & supports in Canada.
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canada-prison
2018-05-29 05:00
Pleading guilty when innocent: A truth for too many Indigenous people
Every day innocent people – a disproportionate number of them First Nations, Inuit and Métis people – plead guilty to crimes they did not commit (and sometimes crimes that did not happen). A lucky few
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canada-prison
2018-05-20 04:05
A tough-on-drugs stance in the Canadian prison system harms prisoners
A new pilot program in two Canadian prisons is a sign that our prisons can change. The department responsible for our federal prison system, Correctional Service Canada, announced this week that it will
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canada-prison
2018-05-18 05:40
He died after guards beat and pepper-sprayed him, according to video. The province refuses to release the footage, citing labour relations
Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is keeping secret the video detailing the last moments of a man who died in solitary confinement at a Lindsay jail after a three-hour
prisonfreepress
canada-prison
2018-05-15 04:19
Needle exchanges coming to 2 Canadian prisons
Inmates at two federal prisons who use injection drugs will have access to clean syringes beginning in June, with the Correctional Service of Canada planning to roll out the service at other institutions
prisonfreepress
canada-prison
2018-05-03 05:55
If we truly want to rehabilitate incarcerated youth, we must stop putting them in solitary confinement
A couple of weeks ago, a jury looking into the suicide of Yousef Mohamed Hussein, an inmate who took his own life in segregation in an Ottawa detention centre back in 2016, came out with 29 recommendations
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-04-29 04:48
#JusticeForColten and Anti-Indigenous Racism on Canadian Juries
www.intersectionalanalyst.com Feb 16, 2018 In August 2016, Colten Boushie was murdered by Gerald Stanley, a 56-year old white farmer, in Saskatchewan. Boushie was a young, 22-year old Indigenous man from
prisonfreepress
canada-prison
2018-04-23 03:16
Canada needs to clear the air – and wipe away criminal records for marijuana
Legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada is only a few months away, but it's going to take a lot longer than that to clean up the mess left behind from almost a century of prohibition. One of the
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-04-21 06:59
Toking while white: A get out of jail card
As a middle-aged woman, you get used to becoming invisible. Bartenders no longer see you, never mind taxi drivers. It’s not surprising to have your partner turn to you with a start and say, “Whoa! I forgot
prisonfreepress
canada-prison
2018-04-12 05:31
There’s nothing ‘illegal’ about asylum seekers
Amid a global refugee crisis, the misuse of the term ‘illegal’ carries a real cost. We are concerned about a recent spike in the use of the term “illegal” to characterize asylum seekers crossing the
prisonfreepress
canada-prison
2018-04-10 19:39
We must end discrimination in jury selection
The peremptory challenge − the unfettered ability of lawyers to exclude a limited number of otherwise qualified jurors from serving − has come under intense scrutiny over the last 35 years. In 1986, the
prisonfreepress
canada-prison
2018-04-06 03:55
'A human rights issue': Lack of treatment for drug users means deaths behind bars
Michelle McPherson's son Curtis McGowan was rushed to the Guelph, Ont., hospital by paramedics after overdosing, where he was revived with the opioid-reversal drug naloxone. "The police were there
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-04-05 03:03
Hamilton's inmates keep dying — and more could be done to save them, study says
Since 2012, at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, a steady stream of body bags have been carried out the door. Eight men died of drug overdose inside the jail in a six-year period, and now, a new
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-04-04 06:08
B.C. prisoners get addiction therapy after charter challenge
Prisoners struggling with opiate addictions in British Columbia jails have gained the same right to medical treatment as people outside the corrections system. B.C. Corrections has implemented a new policy
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canada-prisons
2018-04-03 02:35
Aging Prison Populations Require a Creative Solution
Older inmates are posing a new problem for Canada's prison system. The Correctional Service of Canada is developing a strategy to adapt the system, but it may come too late to meet the needs of many elderly
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-04-02 01:36
Prison reform gone wrong
It is getting to be a real crime. All is not well in Canada’s prison system and Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale, charged with making it better, is working against the clock. In fact, a fuse is hissing
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-04-01 02:19
The Trudeau government should not delay on sentencing reforms
Ottawa’s public consultation on criminal-sentencing reforms mustn’t contribute to further delay - or worse still, be used as a justification for doing the minimum. As the Trudeau government launches its
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-03-31 02:52
Family of immigration detainee who died in jail still waiting for answers
Five months after receiving a curt phone call from a Milton jail telling him his wife was dead, Herb Gratton still doesn’t know what actually happened to her. None of the authorities involved — not the
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-03-30 03:49
Restorative justice at centre of Manitoba's new plan to keep people out of jail
Manitoba wants to divert more people away from jail, a new report on changes to the justice system says. "This is about creating safer communities, it's about creating better access to justice, and
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-03-30 03:39
Offering a lift keeps loved ones in touch
As a high-school teacher, Lindsay Brown encourages her students to think globally and act locally, so they might make a difference in the world. Brown exemplifies that attitude as a volunteer driver with
prisonfreepress
canada-prisons
2018-03-29 05:31
'Many intersecting factors' to blame for deadly Prince Albert prison riot, says Correctional Services Canada
In a report published this week following a recommendation by Canada's prison watchdog, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) identified kitchen staff walkouts as the "catalytic event" that could
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