Relevant Studies

Bail Reform

Set Up to Fail: Bail and the Revolving Door of Pre-trial Detention Canadian Civil Liberties Association report on bail reform

Reasonable Bail? The Centre of Research, Policy & Program Development. John Howard Society of Ontario

Community Reentry

Women, Work & Reentry: A Report on Access to Employment for Women who have been Incarcerated Anita Grace. Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University

Homeless and Jailed: Jailed and Homeless John Howard Society of Toronto

The Local Economic Impacts of Prisons

Invested in Prisons: Prison Expansion and Community Development in Canada. Greg McElligott. Studies in Social Justice

The Local Economic Impacts of Prisons. Janjala Chirakijja,  Department of Economics, Northwestern University

The Prison Industry: Carceral Expansion and Employment in U.S. Counties. Gregory Hooks, Clayton Mosher, Thomas Rotolo, Linda Lobao. Social Science Quarterly

Mental Health and Incarceration

Stop Jailing People with Mental Health Issues: It Kills. Sarah Speight, Souheil Benslimane, Aaron Doyle, and Justin Piché. Ottawa Citizen

Mental Illness and the Prison System. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. website