Blog
Jeff Shantz, Eva Ureta
| A very small proportion of criminal justice activity actually deals with stopping or even responding to violence. |
Columnists
Karly Wilson, Pro Bono
| Mass incarceration of Indigenous persons, incarceration of people with mental illness, and overuse of solitary confinement are just some of the issues plaguing Canada's prison system today. |
Columnists
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
| Yance Ford has just made history. He has become the first transgender director to be nominated for an Academy Award for his documentary "Strong Island". |
Columnists
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
| Over 12.7 million people in the U.S. are physically abused, raped or stalked by their partners annually. This crisis deserves a full public hearing, especially during this presidential election year. |
News
Alyse Kotyk
| As the verdict of the Ghomeshi trial was announced, allies continue to stand with survivors of sexual violence through social media and rallies across the country. |
Podcast
Migrant Matters Radio
| Krysta Williams talks about the deliberate overcriminalization process in which the state intervenes in the lives of Indigenous peoples in colonial Canada, touching on reproductive justice issues. |
Podcast
Migrant Matters Radio
| This lecture by Tina Reynolds from WORTH outlines the impact of criminalization on the fastest growing population within the U.S. penal system, in the context of women's health. |
Blog
Krystalline Kraus
| This is an open letter from Alex Hundert to his supporters before he begins his prison sentence for his G20 related and his Indigenous rights activism. |
News
Johanna Fernandez
| Heidi Boghosian and I just returned from a very moving visit with Mumia Abu-Jamal. This was Mumia's second contact visit in over 30 years, since his transfer to General Population last Friday, Jan 27. |
Blog
Paula Mallea
| Stephen Harper will be launching his tough-on-crime agenda today. Our criminal justice system is by no means perfect, but the omnibus crime bill will send us back to a 19th-century punishment model. |
Podcast
Mitch Podolak, Michael Welch, Ashley Titterton
| Alert! Radio #186: Interviews with Jim Stanford on why the world economy is a mess and Ernest Drucker on the U.S. criminal justice system. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon. |
Columnists
Amy Goodman
| The death penalty case of Mumia Abu-Jamal highlights inherent problems with the death penalty and the criminal justice system in the U.S., especially the role played by race. |