Odyssey - May 1980
- Name:Odyssey
- Date:May 1980
- Institution: Millhaven Institution
- Topics: Community In-Reach, Correctional Policies, Human Rights, Mandatory Supervision-Warrant Expiry, Mental Health, Relationships in Prisons, Special Handling Units- Solitary Confinement-Segregation Units-Administrative Segregation, Sports, Views on Incarceration,
- Release Description:
SUMMARY: This newsletter features articles on suggested prison reforms, changes to social group activity policies, behaviour modification, the ineffectiveness of prisons, the many changes in parole regulations over the course of one prisoner’s incarceration, strip searches being performed on visitors, the impact of prison on one’s mental health, lack of disciplinary action taken against guards, and extended private family visits.
KEYWORDS: Parole Act, prison labour, recidivism
Coded by Bethany Sanjenko