Proposed Kemptville Prison

Myth-Busting Fact Sheet (full version) developed by CAPP Kemptville in conjunction with the Jail Opposition Group.

Myth-Busting Fact Sheet (1 page)
 

Bail Reform

Set Up to Fail: Bail and the Revolving Door of Pre-trial Detention
Canadian Civil Liberties Association report on bail reform

Reasonable Bail?
The Centre of Research, Policy & Program Development. John Howard Society of Ontario
 

Community Reentry

Women, Work & Reentry: A Report on Access to Employment for Women who have been Incarcerated
Anita Grace. Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University

Homeless and Jailed: Jailed and Homeless
John Howard Society of Toronto
 

The Local Economic Impacts of Prisons

Invested in Prisons: Prison Expansion and Community Development in Canada
Greg McElligott. Studies in Social Justice

The Local Economic Impacts of Prisons
Janjala Chirakijja,  Department of Economics, Northwestern University

The Prison Industry: Carceral Expansion and Employment in U.S. Counties
Gregory Hooks, Clayton Mosher, Thomas Rotolo, Linda Lobao. Social Science Quarterly
 

Mental Health and Incarceration

Stop Jailing People with Mental Health Issues: It Kills
Sarah Speight, Souheil Benslimane, Aaron Doyle, and Justin Piché. Ottawa Citizen

Mental Illness and the Prison System
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. website
 

Prison Expansion

Build Communities, Not Cages: Jails Are Death Traps, No Matter How New
Justin Piche' and Sarah Speight. The Globe and Mail

Ontario's Plan to Build New Prisons is Wrongheaded
Michael Spratt. Canadian Lawyer Magazine

The pandemic has offered a look at prison reform possibilities
Maclean's Editorial