December 7, 2016 - Hamilton’s Beasley neighbourhood has adopted a new approach to improving race relations in the community.…Read More
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December 2, 2016 - Expansion of bail supervision program should make it easier for people to get out on bail…Read More
December 2, 2016 - On any given day, two-thirds of the inmates in Ontario prisons are people who have never had their day in court. They’re on remand, usually awaiting trial and therefore legally innocent.…Read More
December 1, 2016 - TORONTO – The Ministry of the Attorney General’s (MAG) Plan for Faster, Fairer Criminal Justice is a long-overdue and critical step towards much-needed bail reform, according to John Howard Society of Ontario (JHSO). The Plan proposes a number of concrete initiatives aimed at tackling systemic inefficiencies and unfair practices that currently plague Ontario’s bail system.…Read More
December 1, 2016 - Ontario plans to hire more judges and prosecutors as well as launch and expand programs to allow more low-risk accused people to be released on bail as part of a new plan to reduce court delay and ease pressure on overcrowded provincial jails.…Read More
December 1, 2016 - The John Howard Society will open an office in North Bay sometime in January, according to the assistant director of the society in Sudbury.…Read More
December 1, 2016 - Ontario is taking steps to improve the province’s criminal justice system to make it faster and fairer.…Read More
November 3, 2016 - A new report by the John Howard Society finds not enough is being done in Ontario to help those being released from prison reintegrate into society.…Read More