Podcasts about prison law

With 117 prisons in England and Wales and over 78,000 prisoners as of March 2021, what do we know about our 'prison laws'? Do prisoners automatically get Legal Aid funding to access legal help? What types of prison sentences exist, and does a 'life' sentence actually mean that a prisoner will be held in prison for their entire life? What are the tests used by the Parole Board when considering a prisoners application for parole? Do not miss out on finding out all of this and more by listening to Hatti Suvari and senior Prison Law Advocate and Legal Advisor Carla Riozzi in this insightful and informative episode.#prisonlaw #parole #legalaid #prisonersrights #sentencing #leagallearning #getlegallyspeaking

In this episode, Jennifer Metcalfe, executive director of Prisoners' Legal Services (PLS), sits down with host Hailey Berge to discuss how Jen's passion for activism has led to her career in prison law. Join them as they discuss a wide range of topics such as PLS's mandate, the effect that Covid-19 is having on the prison system, and the evolution of segregation. They wrap up the conversation by giving advice to students who are interested in becoming involved in this area of the law.    Note: this episode was recorded in November 2021. Therefore, reference to Covid-19 policies or other recent events refers to those at the time of recording.

Featuring: Hadar Avriam Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law Sharon Dolovich Professor of Law and Director, UCLA Covid-19 Behind Bars Data Project Director, Prison Law and Policy Program UCLA School of LawIn May of 2020, we discussed the impact of COVID on prisoners during the pandemic. It's been over a year since that discussion so Hadar and Sharon provide a review of how things have been going with transmission rates, early releases, serving sentences at home, vaccine accessibility and rollout. UCLA Covid-19 Behind Bars Data ProjectWant to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.americanbar.org/membership/join-now

New Jersey prisoners will now be held in prisons that match the sexual identity of the prisoner; Elise from the Holiday Inn Resort talks about vacationing in PCB; a possible remedy for hiccups

This podcast brought to you by the Prison Law team joined by Barrister, Matthew Stanbury of Garden Court North to discuss some of the raising concerns in Prisoner Category A reviews within the English and Welsh Prison System.They will be discussing matters concerning;•The current situation of the Security Categorisation system and concerns of detainees managing to escape the prison•Transparency of the categorisation reviews; is the prison services trying to stop prisoners been released to the community by hiding information? •Has rehabilitation been considered in terms of downgrading categories, are the high-security estate focusing on security rather than rehabilitation?•Do the prisoners have the ability to show that their risk is lower in terms of resources available to them, does the MOJ meet the demand for programs in the high-security estate?•Does the Cat As team treat prisoners who are maintaining innocence differently, in terms of releasing/downgrading them compared with other prisoners?•The possibilities of a Cat A Prisoner being moved to open conditions.

On this episode of Appointed we're talking about decarceration and why Canada needs WAY more of it.

Before she was appointed as an independent Senator in 2016, Kim Pate was already a powerful and outspoken voice for marginalized people in Canada, especially women and girls caught up in the criminal justice and prison system. For over 35 years Kim has advocated for policies and practices that lead to fairer, more positive outcomes, and has recently fought against segregation and solitary confinement. She is also the host of a new podcast: Appointed. Senator Pate joins Ben to discuss the deeper and often personal journey of reform and justice in Canada. About the Guest Kim Pate was appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 10, 2016. First and foremost, the mother of Michael and Madison, she is also a nationally renowned advocate who has spent the last 35 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized — particularly imprisoned youth, men and women. Senator Pate graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1984 with honours in the Clinical Law Programme and has completed post graduate work in the area of forensic mental health. She was the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) from January 1992 until her appointment to the Senate in November 2016. CAEFS is a federation of local societies who provide services and work in coalition with Aboriginal women, women with mental health issues and other disabling conditions, young women, visible minority and immigrant women, poor women and those isolated and otherwise deprived of potential sources of support. Prior to her work with CAEFS, she worked with youth and men in a number of capacities with the local John Howard Society in Calgary, as well as the national office. She has developed and taught Prison Law, Human Rights and Social Justice and Defending Battered Women on Trial courses at the Faculties of Law at the University of Ottawa, Dalhousie University and the University of Saskatchewan. She also occupied the Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 2014 and 2015. Kim Pate is widely credited as the driving force behind the Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston, headed by Justice Louise Arbour. During the Inquiry, she supported women as they aired their experiences and was a critical resource and witness in the Inquiry itself. She also persuaded the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to initiate the Self-Defence Review and appoint the Honourable Madam Justice Lynn Ratushny to review the convictions and sentences of women jailed for using lethal force to defend themselves and/or their children against abusive men. She then worked tirelessly in pursuit of the implementation of the many positive recommendations from both. Senator Pate has been instrumental in building coalitions across the country with other equality-seeking women’s, anti-racism, anti-poverty and human rights groups and organizations; and, in this capacity, has worked with feminist legal scholars, lawyers, other professionals and front-line advocates and activists — from Indigenous communities to transition house and rape crisis centre workers. Kim Pate is a member of the Order of Canada, a recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case, the Canadian Bar Associations’s Bertha Wilson Touchstone Award, and five honourary doctorates (Law Society of Upper Canada, University of Ottawa, Carleton University, St. Thomas University and Wilfred Laurier University) and numerous other awards. Her extensive list of publications, national and international speaking engagements and her strategic intervention and advocacy for substantive equality testify to her commitment to broader social, economic and cultural change. She continues to make significant contributions to public education around the issues of women’s inequality and discriminatory treatment within social, economic and criminal justice spheres. Senator Pate strongly believes that the contributions of women who have experienced marginalization, discrimination and oppression should be recognized and respected and she seeks to credit and empower women. She maintains contact with women in prison through her numerous visits to Canada’s federal prisons and strongly encourages other advocates, scholars, service providers, judges and parliamentarians to ground their efforts in a similar way. Senator Pate lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Learn more about Kim or follow her on Twitter (@KPateontheHill).

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This week, our podcast brings you Professor Lisa Kerr, from Queen's University Faculty of Law in Kingston. Lisa's expertise takes us into the concrete corridors and confines of prison law, and the law of sentencing in Canada. Her experience with Prisoners' Legal Services and extensive pro bono work in this field offers us a unique [...]

This week on Fundamentals of Canadian Law, the “Convict Code,” duress as a defense, and prison discipline — we’re joined by professor Lisa Kerr, a faculty member at Queen’s Law.

Episode 37 – No US election stuff this week till after its all done, so this week Tiernan chats to Prison Law solicitor Emma McClure about the current UK prison crisis. Also a look at Orgreave and are high court judges really enemies of the people? Oh and Michael Heseltine is after your dog.Follow us on Twitter @parpolbro, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParPolBro/ and our webpage at http://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.