The Jail Accountability & Information Line: Early Reflections on Praxis

Poor conditions of confinement and human rights violations have been commonplace at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) since it opened in the early 1970s. Recently, the deplorable treatment of provincial prisoners at OCDC has been documented in reports by the Ontario Ombudsperson, the Ontar...

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Authors: Benslimane, Souheil (Author) ; Speight, Sarah (Author) ; Piché, Justin (Author) ; Doyle, Aaron (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2020
In:Year: 2020
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