#Ending solitary confinement in Canada’s prisons, take 2

#Ending solitary confinement in Canada’s prisons, take 2

“#Ending solitary confinement in Canada’s prisons, take 2” Justin Ling: Ottawa is reappointing an expert panel—disbanded a year ago because it couldn’t do its work—to study the unconstitutional use of solitary confinement in prisons The Trudeau government is reappointing a panel of experts to study the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons, nearly a…

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#Bernie Madoff, infamous Ponzi schemer, dead at 82

#Bernie Madoff, infamous Ponzi schemer, dead at 82

“#Bernie Madoff, infamous Ponzi schemer, dead at 82” Bernie Madoff, whose $65 billion Ponzi scheme made him one of the world’s most-hated criminals and destroyed even his own family, has died at the secure federal medical center in Butner, North Carolina, where he was serving a 150-year prison sentence, according to a report Wednesday. The…

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#Houses of hate: How Canada’s prison system is broken

#Houses of hate: How Canada’s prison system is broken

“#Houses of hate: How Canada’s prison system is broken” Michael Ignatieff was staring right at the Prime Minister. “I worked in a prison when I was a younger graduate student,” he said. “I worked with lifers. I’m utterly unsentimental about criminals, but one thing I know about prison: It’s that prison makes almost everybody worse…

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#Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee sentenced to prison again

#Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee sentenced to prison again

“#Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee sentenced to prison again” Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee is likely headed back to prison after a South Korean court convicted him of bribery for his role in a massive corruption scandal. The Seoul High Court sentenced Lee — the 52-year-old vice chairman of Samsung Electronics — to two and…

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