Month: June 2016

The month of June brought some interesting topics to the fore, particularly from the highest court in the land. Read on: News: At the beginning of the month, the task force on the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre released its recommendations to improve the conditions...

The case of Ashley Smith, the 19 year old who died in federal custody in 2007, has been the subject of vast amounts of media attention and scrutiny into Canada's criminal, correctional and mental health systems. Now, almost ten years later, the case continues to be...