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 ...

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.

The treatment of Black and Indigenous people in Canadian federal prisons hasn’t improved in the past decade. In many ways, it’s gotten worse. That’s according to the 2021-22 annual report from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Canadian justice system’s obsession with identity has also made Canada likely the only country on earth, which holds that citizens should be treated harsher by the courts than noncitizens.

At a B.C. federal prison, private family visits take place in a house-like unit with a yard, a barbecue, and a room of children's toys.

Read more.Do you think this is money well spent? Does the Canadian prison system need to be expanded? (This survey is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.) ...

Canada’s prison watchdog disturbed by ‘Indigenization’ of correctional system By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Posted January 21, 2020 6:45 pm 3 min read ...

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 ...