The Communicator v10(1) - 1981
- Name:The Communicator v10(1)
- Date:1981
- Institution: Springhill Institution
- Topics: Death Penalty/Capital Punishment, Educational or Vocational Training, Entertainment, Health-Physical, Human Rights, Mandatory Supervision-Warrant Expiry, Mental Health, Race & Ethnicity, Rehabilitative- Reformative Programs, Sentencing, Special Handling Units- Solitary Confinement-Segregation Units-Administrative Segregation, Sports, Views on Incarceration, Violence and Abuse of Power,
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Release Description:
SUMMARY: This issue includes reprinted articles on the issue of mandatory 25-year sentences, the misconception that imprisonment is the only option, providing education to young offenders to prevent future crimes, the vast amount of violence taking place in prisons, several articles on the proposed segregation of violent offenders, a call to overhaul mandatory supervision laws, and the ineffectiveness of youth detention centres. Also featured are original articles, including updates from each of the prison’s units, a unit barbeque, Inmate Committee notes, and some short fiction.
KEYWORDS: Black Inmates Association, involuntary transfers, Parole Act, prisoner exchange treaty
Coded by Bethany Sanjenko