Ruling on inmate’s transfer a victory for prisoners’ rights
By Sean Fine/The Globe and Mail Published on March 27, 2014 Â Federal inmates have been granted wide scope to go to court to challenge decisions affecting their detention, such […]
SCC to rule on judicial oversight of prison law and life
Ottawa – The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on Thursday, March 27, 2014 in Diane Knopf, Warden of Mission Institution, et al. v. Gurkirpal Singh Khela. The […]
Mentally ill inmates increasingly held in solitary confinement at Canadian prisons
By Travis Lupick  / The Georgia Straight http://www.straight.com/news/602746/mentally-ill-inmates-increasingly-held-solitary-confinement-canadian-prisons Published March 6, 2014 This article is the second in a three-part series. Part one is available here: “Deaths in solitary […]
Deaths in solitary confinement prompt B.C. coroner’s inquest and calls for reform
By Travis Lupick / The Georgia Straight –Â http://www.straight.com/news/593786/deaths-solitary-confinement-prompt-bc-coroners-inquest-and-calls-reform Published on Feb 26, 2014 This article is the first in a three-part series. On September 27, 2011, Kyle Darren Tombaught […]
Mother and Baby Prison Health: Making Prison Mother Baby Units work in Canada
Join Janet Winteringham, who will be speaking at a public health education forum on Thursday, March 13th, 2014 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at UBC Point Grey Campus, […]
Questions raised over Canada Border Services Agency’s handling of in-custody death at YVR
By Travis Lupick/straight.com The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has said it is troubled by the circumstances around the death of a Mexican woman who was in the custody of the […]
Petition launched, Vancouver vigil planned after Mexican woman dies in CBSA custody
By The Province/theprovince.com VANCOUVER — Many questions remain surrounding the death of a Mexican woman who had been held by Canada Border Services Agency at Vancouver’s airport, and the agency […]
Death in a holding cell; Richmond Mounties’ investigation found no criminal matter
By Kim Pemberton/richmond-news.com Lucia Vega Jimenez was picked up by Transit police in December for not paying her fare. She was placed in a holding cell at YVR, unwatched, to […]
Activists want to know why woman’s death in CBSA custody wasn’t made public for nearly a month
By Jennifer Saltman/theprovince.com Police say the death of a woman who was being held by Canada Border Services Agency last month was not criminal in nature. But civil libertarians remain […]
SCC to hear cases on pre-sentence custody credit for criminal offenders
Ottawa – On Thursday and Friday, January 23rd and 24th, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear arguments in two related cases: R. v. Carvery and R. v. Summers. The […]