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Federal prisons won’t be used to house inmates displaced by the G7 summit in Alberta in June. The province says it doesn’t plan to manage its prison populations the same way it did the last time world leaders met in Kananaskis, Alta. In 2002, the Calgary Correctional Centre was cleared …
Read More »Graffiti left on walls of Assad’s prisons expresses fears, loves of tormented Syrians
Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar al-Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on his cell wall — an expression of pain and love amid his torment. “My country, even if it oppresses me, is dear. My people, even if uncharitable to me, are generous,” …
Read More »‘Like a nightmare’: Gaza doctor released after being detained in Israeli prisons for over 6 months
Palestinian surgeon Khaled Al Serr was working at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on March 25 when he was arrested and detained in a raid by Israeli troops. For months, his family had no knowledge of his whereabouts until other detained health-care workers were released and informed …
Read More »Red-flags raised around medically-assisted death in Canada’s prisons – Winnipeg
Since it first became legal in Canada in June 2016, 10 federal prisoners have been granted a medically-assisted death (MAID), according to the Correctional Service of Canada. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) also says that as of Aug. 31 this year, a total of 32 prisoners have requested MAID. …
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