December 9, 2016 - A program that will provide “vulnerable, low-risk” individuals facing criminal charges with an alternative to incarceration will start in Thunder Bay.…Read More
JHSO in the News
December 8, 2016 - Program will ease pressure on jail, benefit clients who would otherwise be denied bail due to social barriers…Read More
December 7, 2016 - More than a quarter of Ontario’s prison population has been flagged for a possible mental health issue, according to new numbers provided to VICE News in the days after an inmate diagnosed with schizophrenia hanged himself.…Read More
December 7, 2016 - New bail bed program has been launched at the John Howard Society.…Read More
December 7, 2016 - Hamilton’s Beasley neighbourhood has adopted a new approach to improving race relations in the community.…Read More
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