March 5, 2018 - John Howard Society pressuring province to have it done before June 7 election…Read More
JHSO in the News
March 5, 2018 - The provincial government’s failure to protect innocent people from having unproven allegations show up on their police record checks is hurting thousands in Sudbury and across Ontario, advocates say.…Read More
March 1, 2018 - A few years ago, a stunning Toronto Star investigation revealed that tens of thousands of Canadians have police records, despite never having committed a crime…Read More
February 28, 2018 - John Howard Society’s YARD program works with youth to reshape how they think about community, violence and money…Read More
February 27, 2018 - Two years after Ontario unanimously passed legislation banning police departments from sharing information on innocent residents, the law is still not in force.…Read More
February 21, 2018 - An unusual delay in proclaiming the Police Records Check Reform Act into law has continued to undermine careers, volunteer opportunities and travel for many Ontarians whose police records include unproven, misleading or false allegations.…Read More
February 21, 2018 - (Toronto, ON) Today the John Howard Society of Ontario (JHSO) revealed the hidden but ruinous burden the criminal justice system places on police targets. Through funding from the Metcalf Foundation, JHSO released Invisible Burden, documenting the unjust impact of police record checks on peoples’ lives.…Read More
February 21, 2018 - After years of growing pressure to make changes, the Ontario government has announced what it’s calling “the boldest transformation of our corrections system in a generation.”…Read More