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Canada’s prison system needs to provide more rehabilitation options for drug addiction

Written on October 7, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

This article discusses addiction and may be triggering for some readers. Canada’s prison system provides too few resources or programs for people suffering from drug addiction—all it does is make the situation worse. Prisons exist to punish those who’ve committed crimes and to prevent them from...

Capay case highlights prison culture of human rights violations

Written on February 28, 2019. Posted in Editorials.

While the ethics of solitary confinement are a long-standing debate, Canada’s approach to confinement is a pressing point of contention. In 2012, Adam Capay, then 19, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of a fellow Thunder Bay District Jail inmate. As a result of his crime, Capay...

Down Inside: a glimpse into Canadian prisons

Written on October 19, 2017. Posted in Arts.

Thousands of citizens are incarcerated in Canadian prisons every year, housed in over 200 different facilities. In his new book, Down Inside, Kingston author Robert Clark offers a glimpse into the realities of life behind these closed doors. Clark spent 30 years of his life working in different positions...

Senator's comment distracts from issue

Written on February 7, 2012. Posted in Editorials.

Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu stirred up controversy when he said that prisoners convicted of murder should be given the tools to commit suicide. “Each assassin should have the right to a rope in his cell to make a decision about his or her life,” he said, according to a Feb. 2 Globe...

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Canada’s prison system needs to provide more rehabilitation options for drug addiction

Capay case highlights prison culture of human rights violations

Down Inside: a glimpse into Canadian prisons

Senator's comment distracts from issue

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