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Illustration of a prison building, with several women on the roof walking into a light. In the prison windows, behind bars, a couple of people remain.
Justice / September/October 2020

Did Prisons Ever Work?

August 18, 2020January 5, 2021 - by Lauren McKeon

A growing movement believes it’s time to stop putting women in jail

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A black and white photo of a row of four empty phones mounted on a chain-link fence.
COVID-19 / Justice

Social Distancing Is Impossible in Prisons. Why Are They Still Full?

April 27, 2020May 12, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

Bail courts have gone virtual and trials are suspended. But prisons, which pose a severe public health risk, are still open

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Photo by Aimee
Society

The Case for Prison Reform

May 16, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Robert Clark

The harsh American model has failed. Here’s how we can do better

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Illustration by Niall McClelland
January/February 2017 / Justice

To Live and Die in Solitary Confinement

December 21, 2016April 2, 2020 - by Breese Davies

In Canada’s prisons, the horrors of segregation are most often visited on the mentally ill

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Illustration by Josh Holinaty
December 2016 / Justice

Crops and Robbers

November 25, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Molly Hayes

How prison farms can help fill employment gaps and rehabilitate inmates

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Still from the documentary Guantanamo's Child
Film

The Private Life of Omar Khadr

February 22, 2016October 29, 2020 - by Rhiannon Russell

Can someone who spent a decade in Guantanamo emerge unscathed?

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Prison walls and guard tower
January/February 2016 / Memoir / The Walrus True Crime

Exit Wounds

December 17, 2015February 5, 2020 - by Edward Hertrich

A murderer tries to stay alive in Canada’s most notorious prison

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Michael Nehass
Justice

In the Hole

December 15, 2015January 2, 2020 - by Rhiannon Russell

Is solitary confinement a justified punishment or human rights violation for Yukon’s most notorious inmate?

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Clothing for inmates at prison
Justice / October 2015

Jailhouse Bloc

September 14, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Katherine Laidlaw

What it’s like to vote behind bars

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Illustration by Byron Eggenschwiler
Feature / May 2015

Minding the Monster

May 10, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Ed Tubb

A pedophile gets out of prison. What happens next?

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