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If ever there was an institution exemplifying the adage “the road to hell is paved with good intentions,” solitary confinement in our prisons would be it.
Quakers in England and in Pennsylvania played a large role in the introduction of isolation as an alternative to the mayhem that was prevalent in prisons. In the U.S. a group of reformers, including many Friends (Quakers), developed a vision of the penitentiary as an alternative to these squalid dungeons. The notion at the time was that providing a space for silent, solitary reflection and penitence would result in rehabilitation. Instead, the stark isolation caused people to deteriorate mentally and physically.
In his humane and cultured new book, Value(s), Mark Carney recounts an incident on his arrival at the Bank of England as governor, about bank notes.
Winston Churchill had just been chosen to replace Elizabeth Fry, the prison reformer, on the fiver. This meant there would be no women honoured on our currency, with the exception of the Queen.
After representations from the campaigner Caroline Criado Perez, Carney had assembled a team of Bank experts to select a suitable woman to replace Charles Darwin on the £10 note. He assumed this would be straightforward, so what happened next took him aback.
Posted: Mar 11, 2021 8:14 PM AT | Last Updated: March 12
Sara Tessier is the named plaintiff in the case.(CBC)
A Halifax law firm has launched a lawsuit against the federal attorney general, alleging justice officials have failed to protect women in federal prisons from sexual assault at the hands of prison staff.
Former inmate Sara Tessier is the named plaintiff in the case, which the firm Valent Law hopes to get certified as a class action. The reason why I put my name to this as the lead representative in the case is because I ve witnessed first hand and through my experience the violations of the charter of freedom and rights and the lack of accountability on CSC s [Correctional Service of Canada] part to first take these allegations serious, act upon them and rectify the situation, Tessier said Thursday.
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Kimberly Squirrel should not have ended up at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in the first place, says the executive director of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan.
Patti Tait said supports for women for mental health issues, housing and addictions need to start in the community, long before women are remanded. She said many of the women presently at the women’s jail on remand doing “dead time” could be housed in the community as an alternative to incarceration.
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