Latest Community corrections Podcast Episodes

David barker part 2

Voices Inside and Out - March 27, 2022 20:31 - 22 minutes
Walking through prison gates for the first time is a terrifying experience, regardless of the length of sentence. Walking back out again as a free individual can be just as terrifying, and traumatic. Voices Inside and Out talks with people who’ve actually walked through those gates, both those wh...

David Barker Part 1

Voices Inside and Out - March 09, 2022 03:51 - 28 minutes
Walking through prison gates for the first time is a terrifying experience, regardless of the length of sentence. Walking back out again as a free individual can be just as terrifying, and traumatic. Voices Inside and Out talks with people who’ve actually walked through those gates, both those wh...

Joseph Lauren Part 2: Post-custody Employment Challenges and Solutions

Voices Inside and Out - June 06, 2020 19:21 - 28 minutes
This episode raises some interesting issues: a. what is the best strategy for addressing the fact of a criminal record when dealing with a prospective employer: mention it up front or wait to be asked? b.  given the prejudicial effects of a criminal record, should Canada adopt 'right to be for...

Joseph Lauren: Post-custody Housing Challenges and Solutions

Voices Inside and Out - May 21, 2020 18:03 - 27 minutes
This episode raises some interesting issues: a) if people understood the unintended consequences of their crimes for others, would it have a deterrent effect? b)  should more be done in Canada to allow people to move beyond the stigma of a criminal record once the sentence for the crime has be...

Commentary: COVID-19 and Unrest at Donnacona

Voices Inside and Out - May 06, 2020 04:46 - 22 minutes
As of the date of publishing this episode, we now know  that 2 federal prisoners have died of COVID-19, almost 300 federal prisoners tested positive (a rate 13 times higher than the general population in Canada), 5 penitentiaries are contaminated with COVID-19, 400 prisoners are being held in ex...

Garry Glowacki: Part 2: Welcoming Prisoners Back - Community Support

Voices Inside and Out - April 29, 2020 14:40 - 28 minutes
Could restorative justice include making communities more welcoming and supportive of former prisoners returning to communities? What contribution can communities of faith make? Should MP Bragdon's Private Member's Bill be passed, what elements should be included in a federal framework to redu...

Commentary: COVID-19 Outbreak in Federal Prisons

Voices Inside and Out - April 14, 2020 16:45 - 34 minutes
There has been an alarming rate of increase in federal prisoners infected with COVID-19 at Mission Medium Institution. From April 10 to 11th, the reported confirmed cases of the virus rose from 25 to 35 prisoners, a 40% increase, with 5 prisoners being transported to a local hospital. Other fed...

Garry Glowacki - Helping Prisoners Return to Communities

Voices Inside and Out - April 10, 2020 22:34 - 17 minutes
Garry shared with us his Welcoming the Stranger Guide to Reintegration  which was referenced in the episode.  Please email [email protected] if you would like a copy.  Here is Garry with his dog Norman displaying and promoting prisoner art work at a safe social distance during COVID-19:  h...

Commentary: COVID-19 in Port Cartier Federal Prison

Voices Inside and Out - March 31, 2020 13:33 - 32 minutes
How sanitary are the conditions in maximum prisons and are prisoners being given adequate cleaning supplies to disinfect adequately to fend off COVID 19? 9 guards and 2 prisoners: How effective were the screening mechanism for the guards who have likely introduced the virus into the prison?   ...

Emily O’Brien on Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship

Voices Inside and Out - March 31, 2020 05:18 - 35 minutes
Given the challenges faced by former prisoners in finding employment, should there be opportunities to learn to become small business owners while in prison? Would reintegration be more successful if former prisoners were given better access to loans, advice and other supports for starting and...

Tim and Doug: Part 2: Lifers Share Advice for Other Lifers

Voices Inside and Out - March 23, 2020 18:14 - 21 minutes
Some further thoughts: a.  Given the support that so many parolees receive from peers, does it make sense to have blanket parole conditions prohibiting association with those who have a criminal past? b.  While both Tim and Doug received support and no judgement when they told people about the...

Tim and Doug: Part 1: Lifers Experience an Ottawa Halfway House

Voices Inside and Out - March 16, 2020 20:16 - 24 minutes
This episode highlights both the opportunities and challenges for lifers coming into communities and raises some important issues: a.  how important are halfway house placements providing stable housing, support and supervision in  easing the difficulties of returning to communities? b.  why w...

Rick Sauvé: Part 2: Helping Others Return to Communities and Endure Prison

Voices Inside and Out - March 09, 2020 13:55 - 26 minutes
This episode touches upon some issues relating to effective programs to support people returning to communities: Why would effective programs like Lifeline be defunded by the government? Is there a bias against peer-support programs?  Some prisoners who are resistant to prison programs or who ...

Rick Sauvé: Part 1: From Prison to Living as a Lifer in the Community

Voices Inside and Out - March 02, 2020 20:03 - 25 minutes
This episodes raises some significant policy questions: given that parole ineligibility periods are long in Canada and increasing with  back to back ineligibility periods, isn't the absence of some "faint hope clause" or some mechanism to override mandatory ineligibility periods cruel and unnec...

Jamaal's Journey: Charged and Transferred to Provincial Custody at Warrant Expiry

Voices Inside and Out - February 24, 2020 15:15 - 28 minutes
This episodes raises some challenging issues:  if guards are letting incompatible prisoners into proximity of each other where they know or ought to know that violence will result, is it right that a prisoner defending himself should be charged with assault? what is the liability of the guards...

Introduction - Lawrence's warrant expiry release and continuity of medical care

Voices Inside and Out - February 12, 2020 17:01 - 30 minutes
Listeners may not be familiar with some of the expressions used: SHU (pronounced 'shoe') is the Special Handling Unit which is the highest security federal facility and houses prisoners thought to be dangerous or unmanageable in other institutions CMT is the Case Management Team which is taske...