Federal Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks about his proposed car theft policy during a news conference at the Port of Montréal on Feb. 6, 2024.
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Pierre Poilievre’s “tough-on-crime” rhetoric relies on discredited ideas that can lead to overly harsh penalties and actually increase crime.
Impact of race and culture assessment reports (IRCAs) are meant to give judges context with the aim of ultimately creating a more equitable and fair criminal justice system.
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Until the justice system reckons with its systemic racism, pre-sentencing reports will fail to shift the way the courts see Black offenders.
Black people have long faced systemic inequalities in Canada’s justice system. But more equitable sentencing practices could make the process fairer.
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Impact of Race and Culture Assessments can reduce the overrepresentation of Black people in the justice system.
Since Jan. 1, 2023, 10 inmates have died at Fulton County Jail.
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Higher jail mortality is related to jail turnover rates and demographics.
A police officer pulls over and tickets a delivery person in the New York City borough of Queens on March 22, 2023.
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Research shows police officers issue more traffic tickets and judges impose more fines when their city gets the money and when the budget is tight.
HMP Wandsworth.
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Escapes are rare, and overshadow the security breaches going on inside prisons every day.
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‘I no longer exist, I have become a construct of their imagination. It is the ultimate act of dehumanisation.’
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This new play by Suzie Miller, the one-time lawyer who wrote Prima Facie, ventures into dark places few want to confront.
Dozens of people line up in Toronto in 1995 outside a downtown courthouse for entry to Paul Bernardo’s trial.
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As a dangerous offender, Paul Bernardo is unlikely to ever be released from custody after 30 years behind bars — even after his transfer to a medium-security prison.
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What does ‘justice reinvestment’ mean in practice? Who makes funding decisions? To find out more, we consulted Aboriginal communities in Bourke, Moree and Mount Druitt.
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro speaks during a Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers’ meeting on bail reform in Ottawa in March 2023.
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Those determining bail must reflect on their own beliefs and show restraint as they determine risk to avoid relying on false racist narratives. So should those calling for bail reform.
People incarcerated at a county jail in North Dakota gather together.
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Experts still disagree about why the US prison population has grown so much over the last few decades. But crime is only one part of the problem.
A man rushes past the Ontario courthouse in Toronto in May 2022.
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To protect communities, we must improve the likelihood that accused people can comply with their bail conditions by offering greater support on several fronts, from social services to law enforcement.
Few cases of sexual assault by police are investigated by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, and fewer result in a conviction.
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Sexual violence by police is more common than many might think. Failing to fully investigate can have a chilling effect on what is already the most underreported violent crime in Canada.
An activist protests against the incarceration of hundreds of inmates imprisoned without trial in Nigeria.
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A central repository system offers practical solutions to reducing the large number of awaiting-trial inmates in Nigeria.
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Modern DNA sampling is shockingly sensitive – you can get someone’s profile from just 80 cells.
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People with disability in prison may need help with personal hygiene, reading, filling in forms, understanding rules, participating in criminal justice proceedings, or making complaints.
A protest against police brutality outside parliament buildings in Nairobi.
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A host of problems are behind police failures, including poor evidence gathering and the mistreatment of witnesses.
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the land.
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Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s elevation to the highest court in the land.
The next Supreme Court justice?
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Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s potential elevation to the highest court in the land.