The Lodestar – October 1967 - October 1967
- Name:The Lodestar – October 1967
- Date:October 1967
- Institution: Beaver Creek Institution
- Topics: Community In-Reach, Crime and Criminality, Educational or Vocational Training, Entertainment, Health-Physical, Human Rights, International issues, Judicial Process-Appeals, Parole-Conditional Release, Post-Carceral Issues, Rehabilitative- Reformative Programs, Religion and Spirituality, Sports, Views on Incarceration,
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Release Description:
This edition focuses heavily on post-carceral issues, particularly employment and vocational training. Alternatives to incarceration, such as probation, is also a recurring topic. The Lodestar urges Canada to follow the American example by implementing a bonding program for ex-convicts, fostering partnerships between industries and prisons, and allowing prisoners to work in the community while incarcerated. The history of custodial prisons and the new legal aid plan can also be found in this edition.
KEYWORDS: Quakers, probation, pre-release centre, War on Poverty program, wire taps, legal aid, Minnesota Work Release Law, halfway house, JOHOSCO, “square John”, “rounder”
Coded by: Nicole Arbuckle