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Penned from Prison

March 17, 2015April 10, 2020 - by The Walrus

Letters by David McCallum, an innocent man who spent three decades incarcerated for kidnapping and murder

Education / November 2014

The Education of Omar Khadr

October 20, 2014January 16, 2020 - by Omar Mouallem

A student and teacher cultivate an unlikely friendship

The outside of a jail, with an outdoor sitting area and tent

October 2014 / Photography

Time Served

September 9, 2014July 4, 2020 - by Harley Rustad

Geoffrey James photographs the final chapter of Canada’s most notorious prison, Kingston Penitentiary

Illustration of Rob Ford on the front page of the Toronto Star

March 2014 / World

Dear John

March 11, 2014April 14, 2020 - by The Walrus

Emails to a friend imprisoned in Egypt

Justice / November 2013

Forgotten Woman

November 5, 2013September 8, 2017 - by Marian Botsford Fraser

The bleak prison life of Renée Acoby

Feature / May 2013 / The Walrus True Crime

Trials and Error

April 29, 2013September 9, 2020 - by Julian Sher

Bad forensic evidence and junk science continue to send innocent people to jail

Justice / March 2013

Insecurity Complex

February 18, 2013August 24, 2017 - by Andrew Potter

Omar Khadr and the legacy of Guantánamo Bay

Feature / January/February 2013 / The Walrus True Crime

Rough Justice

January 24, 2013May 29, 2020 - by Daniel Baird

Locking up offenders does little to prevent crime or make us safer. The history behind our impulse to punish

Feature / September 2012

The Harper Doctrine: Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal

September 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Edward L. Greenspan

Liberal and Conservatives have agreed that our criminal justice system should rehabilitate offenders—until now

July/August 2011 / Justice

Editor’s Note

July 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

In March 2010, Marian Botsford Fraser wrote an article for The Walrus about an aboriginal woman named Renée Acoby whose troubles began when, shortly after her birth, her father murdered …