Read the entire post at Connect All The Dots, well worth your time. “Not all sex offenders are incarcerated. Given how hard it is to obtain convictions for sexual offenses, consider the likelihood that the total number of male sex offenders may be larger than the total number
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Kersplebedeb: April 26: Multi-City Caravan Against Imprisonment
Sunday, April 26 12pm – 5pm est (depending on time zones) facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/620446565216500/ On Sunday April 26, migrant justice & prison justice groups from coast to coast will again be coming together to demand the immediate release of everyone still being held inside Canada’s prisons, jails, and migrant detention centres as
Continue readingKersplebedeb: 26 avril: La caravan multi-villes contre l’emprisonnement
26 avril 12h – 17h (diff. Fuseaux horaires) facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/620446565216500/ Dimanche le 26 avril, les groupes pour la justice carcérale et en immigration d’un océan à l’autre s’allieront à nouveau pour demander la libération immédiate de toute personne détenue dans une prison ou un centre de détention des personnes migrantes, demandant
Continue readingKersplebedeb: COVID 19: 5 Demands for Federal Prisons
COVID 19: Measures for Federal Prisons IMMEDIATELY RELEASE ALL VULNERABLE PRISONERS: Anyone over 50 years old, immunocompromised, pregnant, sick, or who has a preexisting condition that makes them at high risk of dying from COVID-19. RELEASE ALL PRISONERS, STARTING WITH THOSE IN MINIMUM SECURITY PRISONS AND HALFWAY HOUSES: According to
Continue readingKersplebedeb: COVID-19 5 Demandes pour les prisons fédérales
COVID-19 Mesures impératives pour les prisons fédérales LIBÉRONS IMMÉDIATEMENT TOUS LES PRISONNIERS VULNÉRABLES : Toute personne de plus de 50 ans, immunodéprimée, enceinte, malade ou présentant une condition préexistante qui la rend à haut risque de mourir de la COVID-19. LIBÉRONS TOUS LES PRISONNIERS, en commençant par ceux qui se
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Communiqué From Prisoners In The Laval Immigration Holding Centre: Hunger-Strike Until We Are Free (Laval, 24 March 2020)
Following the petition we wrote [on 19 March, sent to government officials and asking to be released in the context of the pandemic*], which had little impact on our situation of detention, we have decided to move to the second phase of our plan. This is to go on an
Continue readingKersplebedeb: What happened to Prisoner Justice Day?
What happened to Prisoner Justice Day? is a podcast mini series about the history of prisons in canada focusing on differences in the prison system in the 1960s-1980s versus today. The podcast features interviews with former and current prisoners, as well as supporters on the outside; the miniseries is all
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: “diversity of the offender population”
The most visible change during my tenure as Correctional Investigator has been the growth in the overall size, complexity and diversity of the offender population. It is not a new observation that some of Canada’s minority, vulnerable or disadvantaged groups are disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system. These trends
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