| The Tories are increasing the use of the ion scan that tests visitors for trace amounts of drugs. Notorious for its inaccuracy, it means visitors are often prevented from contact with loved ones.

| After cutting succcessful post-secondary programs and putting resources into risk management, the state of education in Canadian prisons gets a failing grade.

| Christine tells her story of how she almost died after not receiving proper medical treatment from the privatized health services at the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women in Maple Ridge, BC.

| An investigation of the connections between neo-liberal economic policies and our concepts of what constitutes “crime”.

| Here in Canada, five Muslim men continue to be detained under extremely strict bail conditions, without charge, and without being able to see the evidence against them.

| Sister Elaine MacInnes, an 84-year-old Catholic nun and Zen master, talks about her work with prisoners in the Philippines, England and Canada.

| How can you have agency in an environment structured on institutional control? Leisure education is one way prisoners are using to help them discover and assert agency and choice behind bars.

| Not disclosing that you are HIV positive is illegal. Is this an effective way to stop the spread of HIV?

| In Canada, people are no longer directly criminalized by the state for being queer or trans. But that doesn't mean there aren't a lot of connections between prisons, queerness and activism.

| The Alternatives to Violence Project provides a space for community members and prisoners to understand their relationships to themselves and others, and learn the skills of non-violent living.

| Activist and researcher Susan Boyd on the Tories latest mandatory minimum bill (Bill C-15), how this fits into their large drug policy and the impact of these policies on women.

| Author and activist Chris Shaw on defending civil liberties in face of the Olympic security regime.

| Gary Kinsman, co-author of the Canadian War on Queers, on the crackdown on queer folk and their resistance as part of the "clean up" leading up to the 1976 Montreal Olympic games.

| Six years after the photographs hit the press, OISE professor and author, Dr. Sherene Razack speaks on “We didn't kill 'em, we didn't cut their heads off": Reflections on Torture at Abu Ghraib.

| For all their claims of the importance of family connections, one woman is nothing but barriers when trying to keep in touch with her brother in prison.

| With the tough on crime agenda in full swing, billions of dollars are being spent across the country on prison building. But the Tories are being eerily tight lipped about their specific plans.

| Lawyer and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Advocate David Boulding shares his take on FASD and the criminal justice system.

| Hundreds of prisoners are on hunger strike at Toronto East Detention Centre to protest inadequate conditions including healthcare, food and arbitrary lockdowns.