In Canada's federal prison system, standardized "risk assessments" decide an inmates fate, down to their security classifications, parole, and sentencing length.
They're fundamentally biased against Black and Indigenous inmates.
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These accounts of what happened at Clint and nearby border facilities are based on dozens of interviews by The New York Times and The El Paso Times. It's also based on sworn statements from those who spent time at border facilities and inspection reports. https://t.co/ivDvwBBjlQ
The sole survivor of a brutal quadruple murder said 3 white men committed the crime. But police arrested a young black man, Kevin Cooper, who is now awaiting execution, writes @NickKristof https://t.co/KfS3LPckTu
When politicians defend themselves by arguing that they didn't realize that what is a clearly offensive statement would be clearly offensive, they're actually revealing that they're too foolish and unworldly to hold public office.
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One of many reasons to institute blanket amnesty for possession of pot criminal records: "... those subject to such disproportionate punishments are disproportionately people of colour, Indigenous people and people living in poverty." https://t.co/EtQsHVP9mV
This article is disgraceful. I represented Ms. Whyte and I'm deeply saddened by the passing of a young woman whom I knew as kind and caring. Author didn't put name on article, yet proceeded to drag their names through the mud. FYI all of those charges were withdrawn https://t.co/4UPaFbyiLN