January 11, 2017 - The John Howard Society of Simcoe & Muskoka will be celebrating it’s 10 year anniversary. The John Howard Society is a non profit agency that works to promote an effective criminal justice system and foster safer communities.…Read More
JHSO in the News
January 3, 2017 - The John Howard Society says it expects to soon have the capacity to take on more than 200 new people in their bail supervision program after receiving increased funding from the province to hire more case workers.…Read More
January 3, 2017 - By the end of January there should be some marked improvements to the overcrowding at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. By no means will all the problems be fixed, but new provincial funding means the bail supervision program in Ottawa will have the capacity to serve 200 more people, meaning they can get bail instead of jail, alleviating some pressure on the overcrowded institution.…Read More
January 3, 2017 - Having a job is a significant stabilizing factor in preventing or reducing criminal behaviour but having a criminal record is a major obstacle to finding a job.…Read More
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
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