Ojibwe ‘patient zero’ in Quebec prison files class action against Canada
An Indigenous woman incarcerated in Quebec took up the torch for the federal prison population…
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‘Hundreds’ of inmates quietly released from federal prisons over COVID-19 fears: Blair
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says “hundreds” of federal inmates were quietly released amidst a…
Prison watchdog investigating complaint of guards not wearing masks at Sask Pen
Correctional officers in the Saskatchewan Penitentiary are being accused by inmates of not wearing masks…
Release or isolate: The debate on how to help people inside Canada’s prisons and jails during COVID-19
The union representing 16,000 correctional service employees, parole officers and prisons guards say its members…
Ontario has vowed to protect the spread of COVID-19 in jails, but what are they really doing?
Some inmates at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre are angry that the jail isn’t doing enough…
COVID-19 pandemic plan needed for Canada’s jails and prisons
According to a 2019 report from Statistics Canada, there are nearly 39,000 people in federal,…
Holding at zero: No confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nunavut as preparations ramp up
You only need to visit the Iqaluit Beer and Wine Store to see Nunavummiut embracing…
The rule of law is ‘racist’ says Mohawk law professor Beverly Jacobs
As she prepared to leave for a “historical” meeting between Kanien’kehà:ka (Mohawk) and hereditary chiefs…
‘We’re doing something really wrong:’ Advocates react to rising rates of Indigenous people in Canada’s prisons
Jamie Pashagumskum APTN News Indigenous women’s organizations are calling the results of a recent report…