Abby Deshman, Author at CCLA

COVID-19 CRIMINAL JUSTICE Detasking Police Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Uncategorized

CCLA and PPMP Release New Report Examining Covid-19 Policing in the Second Wave

Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Policing the Pandemic Mapping Project released a new report…

Abby DeshmanMay 11, 2021

Conditions of Confinement COVID-19 COVID-19 & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

CCLA and Partners Release Update on COVID-19 and Prison Settings

CCLA along with its organizational partners in the Prison Pandemic Partnership is calling upon federal,…

Abby DeshmanMarch 19, 2021

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Sentencing

CCLA Applies to Intervene at Supreme Court of Canada in Sentencing Process Cases

On May 18, pro bono counsel representing the CCLA appeared before the Supreme Court of…

Abby DeshmanMarch 12, 2021

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Indigenous People Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

CCLA Calls Out Thunder Bay’s Unconstitutional COVID-19 Order

On February 8, 2021, Thunder Bay’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. DeMille, issued a Class…

Abby DeshmanMarch 8, 2021

Conditions of Confinement COVID-19 COVID-19 & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

New Analysis of COVID-19 Infections Behind Bars Underscores the Need to Depopulate Prisons

CCLA, as part of its Prison Pandemic Partnership Project, is helping to track the spread…

Abby DeshmanFebruary 3, 2021

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

COVID-19 Fines Will Likely Make Pandemic Worse

On November 7, Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, held an unusual press…

Abby DeshmanNovember 20, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

A Civil Liberties Take on Canada’s Second Wave of COVID-19 Emergency Orders

During the first wave of COVID, we were quite critical of a number of the…

Abby DeshmanNovember 19, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Unreasonable Search & Seizure

Guess Who’s Coming to Thanksgiving Dinner, Quebec?

The Quebec government has put the police on the frontlines of the pandemic and placed…

Abby DeshmanOctober 12, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Detasking Police Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

Quebec Doubles Down on Its Punitive Approach to COVID

Quebec’s new COVID restrictions are simultaneously strict and bewildering. Millions of Quebeckers in the ‘red…

Abby DeshmanOctober 5, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Indigenous People Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Race, Religion & Ethnicity Unreasonable Search & Seizure

Inaccurate, Unreliable, Dysfunctional: A Glimpse Into Ontario’s Now-Defunct COVID Database for Police

In the spring the Ontario government launched a database of COVID test results, with the…

Abby DeshmanSeptember 30, 2020

Abby Deshman

CCLA and PPMP Release New Report Examining Covid-19 Policing in the Second Wave

CCLA and Partners Release Update on COVID-19 and Prison Settings

CCLA Applies to Intervene at Supreme Court of Canada in Sentencing Process Cases

CCLA Calls Out Thunder Bay’s Unconstitutional COVID-19 Order

New Analysis of COVID-19 Infections Behind Bars Underscores the Need to Depopulate Prisons

COVID-19 Fines Will Likely Make Pandemic Worse

A Civil Liberties Take on Canada’s Second Wave of COVID-19 Emergency Orders

Guess Who’s Coming to Thanksgiving Dinner, Quebec?

Quebec Doubles Down on Its Punitive Approach to COVID

Inaccurate, Unreliable, Dysfunctional: A Glimpse Into Ontario’s Now-Defunct COVID Database for Police

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