Canadian filmmaker Brett Story was recently awarded the inaugural New Visions Award from Canada’s DOC Institute, who wrote of her, “Watching Story’s socially engaged but visually driven work ...

The court also considered the case of Ashley Smith, a 19-year-old who committed suicide in a “segregated” prison cell in Ontario in 2007. She had spent more than 1,000 days in isolation.

In what everyone--from bureaucrats at Corrections Canada to guards and inmates and their families--in the prison system feared, COVID-19 is now in the door. A guard at one of the largest prisons ...

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Dr. Zinger said that the SIU initiative along with recent funding dedicated to prison health care will add another 1,000 staff to CSC’s total complement, pushing the staff-to-inmate ratio from 1 ...

Meanwhile, the Canadian prison system has made it almost impossible for inmates to get an online post-secondary education by barring access to the internet.

In his latest report, Canada’s prison ombudsman Ivan Zinger called for a temporary moratorium on medically assisted deaths inside prisons, which he says breach the prison system's ethical and ...

The book’s strongest point is Harris’s determination to present all sides of the Canadian prison story by drawing out the opinions of bureaucrats, prisoners, and guards. Con Game will interest anyone ...

While prison guards can normally seize contraband drugs from inmates, they can’t do so if the inmate is en route to an 'overdose prevention service' visit By Tristin Hopper Published Sep 14, 2023 ...