Is being Locked Up Abroad any worse than being locked up at home?
At the beginning of this year, I wrote a column about the National Geographic channel series
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller. The column focused on fentanyl, known by some as “the most dangerous drug in America.”
In that article, I mentioned my affinity for the National Geographic channel’s programming. Specifically, I referred to
Locked Up Abroad as one of my favorite entries in television’s general “crime” genre. I reflected on the fact that I have yet to cover that series in the four or so years I’ve been writing this column. Spoiler alert: That’s about to change.
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Canada practicing “Torture by any other name”–Experts denounce continued use of solitary confinement in country’s prisons
A report released on February 23 by two prominent criminologists highlights the brutality with which the Canadian state treats those held in federal penitentiaries.
The report exposed, in particular, the phony nature of the measures the Justin Trudeau Liberal government has implemented with the purported aim of abolishing solitary confinement under pressure from prisoner support groups, human rights organizations and, ultimately, the courts.
A solitary confinement cell at the Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick in 2017 (Credit: Office of the Correctional Investigator)
Entitled “Solitary Confinement, Torture, and Canada’s Structured Intervention Units,” the report by Anthony Doob of the University of Toronto and Jane Sprott of Ryerson University concludes that Canada, despite the Trudeau government’s assertions to the contrary, continues to
Incarcerated individuals deserve the right to vote
Granting prisoners their constitutional right to vote can incentivize politicians and prisoners alike to create a better society
April 10, 2021
On Sunday, March 7, the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, President Biden signed an executive order to improve access to voting rights and called on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. House Resolution One, or the For the People Act, has already passed in the House and includes many important facets to making our democracy better, including automatic voter registration, expansion of vote by mail and early voting. A failed amendment to the bill would have ended felony disenfranchisement in the event that the bill was passed.