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Welcome to the John Howard Society of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton website. Providing crime prevention services for over 30 years, the Society is a non-profit, multi service organization with offices located in Lindsay and Minden. Through prevention, education, and interventions JHSCKLH works with at risk youth and adults through a variety of programs and services.

We are here to help. Please contact us or visit our office for more information regarding our programming.

Latest JHS Ontario News

Sudbury Shelter Closing – Could be a Big Mistake – CBC Morning North

March 15, 2019 - The new life centre closing in Sudbury means a loss of 22 beds for men needing emergency shelter. The John Howard Society says no city should be without an emergency shelter. He focuses on how inmates who are released from jail often don’t have anywhere to go, so they end up in the shelter until they get back on their feet. With the shelter closing, this can become a major social issue in Sudbury. John Rimore is the Executive Director of the John Howard Society Sudbury. He spoke with the CBC’s Markus Schwabe.…Read More

Reintegration centre at Toronto South Detention Centre to work out of van after losing lease – Toronto Star

March 15, 2019 -

A service that connects men released from the Toronto South Detention Centre in Etobicoke with housing, overdose prevention and peer support has gone from no location to two locations in the month after their lease expired.

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Sudbury’s New Life Centre home to more than just homeless men – CBC

March 15, 2019 - There will always be a need for emergency shelters, says Sudbury’s John Howard Society

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Half of Canada’s prisoners were abused as children, McMaster study suggests – CBC

February 21, 2019 - ‘Everyone can agree that prison is not a healthy place for people,’ lead researcher of AJPH study says…Read More