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From: cbc.ca Canada's prison watchdog and Ontario's Child Advocate say Correctional Service Canada is squandering opportunities to turn young federal inmates' lives around. "The majority of them are

From Canada to apologize, pay former Gitmo prisoner Omar Khadr The Canadian government is going to apologize and give millions to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier

Federal prison put under new management, confidential tip line set up after allegations came to light After allegations of harassment, intimidation, bullying - and possible criminal offences - perpetrated

Matthew Hines was beaten and pepper-sprayed by guards at Dorchester Penitentiary before his 2015 death Police have laid criminal charges against two New Brunswick correctional officers in the death of

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Inmates with mental health disabilities will no longer be placed in solitary confinement barring exceptional circumstances under an agreement announced Thursday between the Ontario government and the

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled that the practice of prolonged and indefinite solitary confinement in Canadian prisons is unconstitutional. In a lengthy ruling released Wednesday, Justice Peter Leask

The federal prison system is changing the way it treats transgender inmates, who will now be placed in a men's or women's facility based on how they self-identify. Correctional staff must also address

Koskie Minsky LLP and Henein Hutchison LLP have commenced a class action against the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario alleging human rights violations relating to the treatment of immigrant

Editorial Board Toronto Star Nov 6, 2017 For decades watchdogs and researchers have attempted to draw attention to the disturbing over-representation of Indigenous people in the country’s prison systems.