August 20, 2015 - John Howard Society recommends keeping more mentally ill patients out of jail…Read More
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August 20, 2015 - A new report highlights how mental health has been criminalized in Ontario…Read More
August 19, 2015 - There’s a big difference between a prison cell and a doctor’s office. The John Howard Society says the mentally ill are too often ending up in jail when they can’t get health care. Hear more about a report released by the organization. Listen 
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(runs 7:18)…Read MoreAugust 19, 2015 - As it happens, the Alexandra Moores court case and the difficulty in finding her a mental health facility bed coincided with the release of a John Howard Society report called Unlocking Change: Decriminalizing Mental Health Issues in Ontario.…Read More
August 19, 2015 - The criminal justice system has become a “warehouse” for people whose mental health issues have gone untreated or undetected in the community, according to a report released this week by the John Howard Society of Ontario.…Read More
August 19, 2015 - One issue that needs to be discussed in this long election period is Canada’s abysmal record dealing with mental illness. Despite Prime Minister Harper having established a Mental Health Commission in 2007 in order to act as “a catalyst for improving the mental health system” and, in the last budget, renewing their mandate for a further 10 years starting in 2017/18, our record is abysmal.…Read More
August 18, 2015 - A new report has found Ontario’s criminal justice system is punishing mental illness. Jacqueline Tasca, a policy analyst with the John Howard Society of Ontario explains:…Read More
August 18, 2015 - Provincial jails are increasingly reliant on segregation wards to house inmates with mental illness, says a John Howard Society report decrying the criminalization of the mentally ill.…Read More