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Elizabeth Fry Week 2022: Doing Life

Wed April 27, 2022

We are excited to be sharing details of this year’s Elizabeth Fry Week events, all centered on the theme of “Doing Life: Understanding Life Sentences in Canada”. The goal of […]

Press Release: The Courage of Formerly Incarcerated Women leads to Former Correctional Officer at Nova Institution Pleading Guilty to Sexual Assault and Breach of Trust

Mon April 4, 2022

Today, a former correctional officer at the Nova Institution has pled guilty to three counts of sexual assault (s.271 cc) and three counts of breach of trust (s.122 cc). This […]

Press Release: The Failure of Creating Choices: CAEFS Response to the Office of the Correctional Investigator’s 2020-2021 Annual Report

Thu February 10, 2022

April 2020 marked the 30-year anniversary of Creating Choices, the report that was to serve as the blueprint for “women’s corrections” in Canada. Today, the Office of the Correctional Investigator […]

Press Release: CAEFS’ Response to the OCI’s Recent Reporting “Proportion of Indigenous Women in Federal Custody Nears 50%”

Fri December 17, 2021

Indigenous women will soon account for 50% of all federally incarcerated women, according to a statement released today by the Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI). The number of Indigenous women, and […]

News Release: The Government Must Act to End Abusive Solitary Confinement

Tue November 30, 2021

Today is the two-year anniversary of the implementation of the Structured Intervention Units (SIUs) in federal Canadian prisons. The implementation of the SIUs was meant to mark the end of […]

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