NWAC applauds ruling that strikes down law barring judges from imposing conditional sentences
‘Our young people are over-represented in prisons across this county,’ says NWAC.
Prison
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…
‘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…
Liberals to re-open Kingston prison farms that critics say will exploit inmate labour
Todd LamirandeAPTN NewsTwo of six prison farms shuttered by the Harper government were officially reopened…
Despite improved services for Inuit detainees, arduous travel yet to be addressed by Quebec
A heavy metal door springs to life and slides open, letting Josiane Gendron walk into…
‘Yes, it’s torture’: Federal inmate on segregation and life on the inside
Timothy Nome has spent the last 60 days in a segregation cell at the Stony…
Kativik Regional Police, Corrections System under fire at Quebec inquiry
The third day of the Quebec inquiry hearings in Kuujjuaraapik, Nunavik continued on with a…
Canadian senator says there are too many Indigenous women in prison
Kim Pate has spent the past 35 years working in and around the legal and…
Tougher rules needed for healing lodges, Tori Stafford’s dad tells APTN InFocus
There has been a lot of talk about healing lodges after Tori Stafford’s killer…
