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November 06, 2024 15:45 ET | Source: Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

Researchers, Non-Profit Societies, and Parents, Respond to the Office of the Correctional Investigator 2023-2024 Special Focus on Life Sentences

OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Office of the Correctional Investigator’s (OCI) 2023-2024 annual report brings attention to a sentencing regime that gets little public...
October 30, 2024 15:32 ET | Source: Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

Civil Society Organizations: Locking People up is Not the Answer, Invest in Communities to Improve Public Safety

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Civil society organizations issue letter responding to the shortsighted and dangerous calls for amendments to the Criminal Code from the Ontario...
November 09, 2023 16:04 ET | Source: Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

CAEFS' Response to the 2022-2023 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator

OTTAWA, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Association Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) commends the findings of the Correctional Investigators (OCI) 2022-2023 Annual Report, released on...
October 02, 2023 16:13 ET | Source: Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

Coalition calls for Senators to recognize the real crisis facing Canada’s bail system instead of making bail more difficult to obtain

OTTAWA, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A coalition of organizations working with and on behalf of survivors of gender-based violence have urged Senators considering Bill C-48 to reject changes...
April 11, 2023 09:03 ET | Source: Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

L’ACSEF répond au second report de l’enquête sur la mort de Terry Baker

OTTAWA, 11 avr. 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aujourd’hui devait commencer l’enquête sur la mort de Terry Baker, une jeune femme décédée en 2016 au cours de son incarcération à l’Établissement Grand...
April 11, 2023 09:03 ET | Source: Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

CAEFS’ Response to the Repeated Postponement of the Inquest into the Death of Terry Baker

OTTAWA, April 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today was to mark the first day of an inquest into the death of Terry Baker, a young woman who died while incarcerated at the Grand Valley Institution for...
March 07, 2023 13:26 ET | Source: Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

L’ACSEF et la Société Elizabeth Fry du nord de l’Alberta demandent une réponse systémique à la violence et à la coercition sexuelles perpétrées par le personnel du Service correctionnel du Canada

EDMONTON, Alberta, 07 mars 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Le 3 mars 2023, les médias ont révélé qu’un membre du personnel de l’Établissement d’Edmonton pour femmes (EEF), un pénitencier fédéral dit pour...
March 07, 2023 13:26 ET | Source: Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

CAEFS and Elizabeth Fry Northern Alberta Call for a Systemic Response to Sexual Violence or Coercion Perpetrated by the Staff of Correctional Services of Canada

EDMONTON, Alberta, March 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On March 3, 2023, the media reported that a staff member at the Edmonton Institution for Women (EIFW), a federal prison designated for women in...