In April 2023, the CPLA provided submissions to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs expressing its support for Bill S-230. This bill was sponsored by Senator Kim Pate, former Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies and a renowned prisoners’ rights advocate. This bill responds to several pressing problems in the federal correctional system, including overreliance on segregation, lack of support for prisoners with mental health conditions, overincarceration of people from marginalized populations, and lack of meaningful judicial remedies for prisoners.
Read the CPLA’s letter to Senate Standing Committee regarding Bill S230.
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