APTN Investigates joins the InFocus team to talk about Canada’s prison system
Coming up on Friday, the APTN Investigates team is taking viewers inside correctional facilities and…
Prisons
Un enquêteur publie son rapport disant qu’il y a surreprésentation des Autochtones dans les prisons
L’enquêteur correctionnel, Ivan Zinger, publie un rapport annuel. Chaque année, celui-ci indique que les détenus…
Justice Canada study finds own criminal courts stacked against Indigenous accused
Indigenous offenders were 30 per cent more likely to be imprisoned than white offenders says the report.
Situation in Saskatchewan Penitentiary ‘real dire’ as outbreak continues says advocate
Penitentiary’s COVID-19 case number surpasses 200 including 74 active and zero deaths
Elder blasts ‘extremely racist’ parole board after assistance program put on hold
“It bothered a lot of us in the institution,” one former inmate said.
Ottawa facing mounting pressure to protect inmates in minister’s absence
Over 30 per cent of tests administered in federal prisons have come back positive.
Coalition of civil rights groups file constitutional challenge over handling of inmates during pandemic
‘The Correctional Service of Canada has failed to take the steps that would make physical distancing possible within its institutions.’
Canada’s prison watchdog calls out prison officials over handling of COVID-19
The Office of the Correctional Investigator is the latest to join a chorus of voices…
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…