CRIMINAL JUSTICECruel & Unusual PunishmentFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSentencing CCLA Argues for Basic Human Dignity as Fundamental Value in Criminal-Penal System Before the Supreme Court Eliminating all hope of release by revisiting a person's incarceration in light of personal change…Abby DeshmanMarch 29, 2022
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Prison Pandemic Papers Documenting Impact of COVID-19 in Jails, Prisons & Penitentiaries Across Canada Launched Today, the Prison Pandemic Papers were launched online, making available previously unpublished government records.CCLAMarch 8, 2022
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary Confinement Coalition Pens Open Letter to CSC, Renews Calls to End Prolonged Solitary Confinement In June 2021, the Correctional Service of Canada (“CSC”) invited dozens of community organizations to…CCLAJuly 6, 2021
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary Confinement CCLA on Ontario’s Proposed Changes to Regulations Governing Solitary Confinement On June 4, 2021, the CCLA made submissions to the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor…CCLAJune 9, 2021
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, 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
COVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA and Partners Notch New Legal Win in Thunder Bay Thunder Bay’s Medical Officer of Health has rescinded her February 8th Class Order targeting individuals…Abby DeshmanMarch 12, 2021
COVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePrisons, 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 ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, 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
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision National Coalition Calls on Government to Act to Protect Prisoners Against COVID-19 Yesterday, CCLA joined with a coalition of organizations to again call on the Canadian government…CCLAJanuary 21, 2021
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA Sounds Alarm as COVID in Prisons Reaches Unprecedented Levels Preliminary findings released today by the Prison Pandemic Partnership, which includes the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, reveal…CCLAJanuary 12, 2021