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Stop crime bill c-10: Canadian families for fiscal and social responsibility

Nov 26 2011 - 12:00pm
Nov 26 2011 - 3:00pm

Location

Parliament Hill - Ottawa Ottawa, ON
Canada
45° 25' 17.508" N, 75° 41' 49.8948" W

Ottawa Ppotest to end omnibus crime Bill C-10 - Families for fiscal and social responsibility!

"Jobs not jails"

Speakers to include:
Kim Pate, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (winner of the 2011 Governor General's Award)


Catherine Latimer, Executive Director, John Howard Society of Canada

In days, the Conservative Government of Canada will try to push through a crime law that could drastically raise our taxes and dole out harsher punishments for marijuana users than pedophiles. It is seen as a wrong turn for our country that will change the face of our democracy so drastically that Quebec and Ontario have refused to pay for the bad law.

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Jailing kids for cash

As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited. The two judges pleaded guilty in a stunning case of greed and corruption that is still unfolding. Judges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan received $2.6 million in kickbacks while imprisoning children who often had no access to a lawyer. The case offers an extraordinary glimpse into the shameful private prison industry that is flourishing in the United States.

Take the story of Jamie Quinn. When she was 14 years old, she was imprisoned for almost a year. Jamie, now 18, described the incident that led to her incarceration:

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