August 10, 2015 - A non-profit organization, which works to help inmates reintegrate outside of prison, has expanded its services to North Bay with the aim of establishing a permanent office here.…Read More
JHSO in the News
July 21, 2015 - On any given day in Canada, there are more innocent people in prison than guilty ones.
By “innocent people,” we mean those who have been accused of a crime and are being held on remand, awaiting a bail hearing or a trial. Across the country, 55 per cent of prisoners in provincial and territorial jails are not behind bars because of a conviction.…Read More
July 21, 2015 - The number of lockdowns caused by staffing shortages at jails in northeastern Ontario is increasing, according to documents obtained by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.…Read More
June 15, 2015 - Catching and charging people who make or download child pornography is one thing. But the real key in eradicating the behaviour is helping people stay away from it, those behind a made-in-Greater Sudbury child pornography-fighting initiative said Friday.…Read More
June 10, 2015 - The Sudbury chapter of the John Howard Society has a question for you.
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June 3, 2015 - Local John Howard Society Quantum Youth Program workers Erik Enos, left, and Robert Mitchell hone their carpentry skills during the community garden expansion of the Lake St. Community Garden to complete the final phases of the raised beds and expansion on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 169 Lake St. in Peterborough, Ont.…Read More
June 3, 2015 - The Ontario government has released official details about their move to keep non-criminal information collected by police private.…Read More
June 3, 2015 - Good news for Ontario workers, volunteers, students, nonprofits and businesses that will now see more consistent information released in police record checks.
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