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HALIFAX The Nova Scotia government needs to address systemic racism that has led to the overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous people in its criminal justice system, anti-racism advocates told a legislative committee Tuesday. Emma Halpern, executive director of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia, said there needs to be mandatory anti-racism training for police and other front-line workers who encounter African Nova Scotian and Indigenous residents. We need to think about the way in which policing and carceral systems have infiltrated so many of our state systems and to address that at its root, Halpern told the standing committee on community services. ....
Premier Thanks Justice Minister Mark Furey for Years of Service February 19, 2021 - 1:37 PM Premier Stephen McNeil thanked Justice Minister Mark Furey for his years of service after Mr. Furey announced today, Feb. 19, that he will not reoffer in the next provincial election. “I want to thank Mr. Furey for his commitment to our province and service to Nova Scotians,” said Premier McNeil. “He has held several high-profile portfolios in my cabinet and has been a leader around our caucus table. He has carried out his duties with the utmost integrity and I am grateful for his support and friendship during our time in government.” ....
Posted: Feb 03, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 3 Nova Scotia RCMP Commanding Officer and Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman reads an statement at the start of a news conference on April 22, 2020. (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press) Seventy Mounties took sick leave in the wake of April s mass killings in Nova Scotia and the province s justice minister agreed to pay for out-of-province officers to backfill, but only until the end of August, newly released documents show. Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman, commanding officer for Nova Scotia RCMP, first requested approval for the extra help on April 27, eight days after a gunman disguised as an RCMP officer killed 22 people, leaving 16 crime scenes in several rural communities. ....
HALIFAX The Nova Scotia government has decided to end the practice of dry celling, which involves keeping inmates isolated in cells without toilets to determine if they are concealing drugs in a body cavity. Provincial Justice Minister Mark Furey made the announcement Thursday after a cabinet meeting. Furey says a provincial review of the practice concluded the use of new body scanning technology has eliminated the need for dry celling. The minister says the province s Correctional Services will update their policies, but he says he will not release the report that led to the change. In November, a prisoner rights lawyer told a Nova Scotia court that a law used to keep an inmate in a solitary confinement dry cell in a federal prison for 16 days last May should be struck down because it allows for cruelty. ....