National civil society organizations that focus on prisons are sounding the alarm over worsening conditions in federal penitentiaries. They warn that government inaction and failure to invest in ...

A story of trauma, healing and transformation -- Rediscovering the pipe -- Incarceration and Aboriginal inmates [Native peoples, First Nations, Indians] -- Trauma, racism and identity -- Aboriginal ...

Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the 1990s and early 2000s, was assaulted in prison and has been ...

A Canadian prison inmate serving a three-year sentence was hit with a new murder rap in the jailhouse broomstick beating of notorious serial killer Robert Pickton. Martin Charest, 52, was locked up ...