Costly Crime Bill Sure to Intensify Justice System’s Problems
The majority Conservative government unveiled sweeping new laws Tuesday to make teenage troublemakers, pot growers and assorted bad guys quiver and quake.
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Ottawa’s Drug Problem: The Penalty Doesn’t Fit the Crime
The federal government has promised to reintroduce its Penalties for Organized Drug Crime Act – a bill that died when the spring election was called.
Putting Politics Before Public Safety
At any given time, there are more than 1,700 Canadian citizens incarcerated around the world.
Justice Minister Brushes Off Lawyers’ Warnings on Crime Bill
Lawyers and judges on the front lines of the criminal justice system pleaded with the federal justice minister Monday to tone down some of his upcoming anti-crime measures, saying they will only clog the courts and prisons with the mentally ill and other vulnerable people.
More Black Men in Prison Today Than Enslaved in 1850
ColorLines' Thoai Lu is reporting that the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that as of 2008, there were more than 846,000 black men in prison, making up 40.2 percent of all inmates in the system. The article highlights a recent talk given by author Michelle Alexander, who puts those numbers in context.
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Worse for Women in Prison
If the views of Julian Fantino, the former chief of the Toronto and Ontario police forces and now a Conservative MP, are anything to go by, the Conservative government is hell bent on sending more people to prison.
Harper’s Prison Plan Headed in Bad Direction
It should be obvious to everyone now that what Stephen Harper has planned is a U.S.-style, for-profit prison system.
Conservative Minister Pat Robertson Disagrees With Continued Criminalization of Marijuana
It's a Christmas miracle. Conservative minister Pat Robertson made a surprising declaration on a recent episode of The 700 Club: He disagrees with the continued criminalization of marijuana.
Visiting Marc Emery
Yesterday, for the first time in nearly three years, I got to see my mentor, close friend, and freedom fighter extraordinaire Marc Emery.
Jail Boss Hazy on Impact of Conservative Drug Law
Correctional Services Canada says it has no idea what mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes will do to the prison system.
