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Govt Urged to Improve Services for Non-Christian Inmates

Religion can be a key element in the rehabilitation of inmates. However, for minorities, changes to prison chaplaincy services during the Conservative government made following their faith at federal prisons a challenge. For this reason…

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Blinded by “Merit”

Hamlin Grange August 15, 2014 No Comments Blacks Canada judicial system law enforcement Merit nonwhites Police prisons racism Statistics Canada University of Ottawa

Few people would disagree that Blacks and other non-whites are treated differently than whites by the criminal justice system. All the statistical data show that Blacks get harsher penalties, longer sentences and are over-represented in prisons .…