<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:47:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@prisonfreepress/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Pleading guilty when innocent: A truth for too many Indigenous people]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every day innocent people – a disproportionate number of them First Nations, Inuit and Métis people – plead guilty to crimes they did not commit (and sometimes crimes that did not happen). A lucky few]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/pleading-guilty-when-innocent-a-truth-for-too-many-indigenous-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/pleading-guilty-when-innocent-a-truth-for-too-many-indigenous-people</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 05:00:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81LfJQmvCpsahxRpyNMe5deKPVJdm1QqPomFLJcwmq5Wtb2ybCRMUPNRCQP881uufEuSTEY6vxyfZPuCar2vxK82?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tough-on-drugs stance in the Canadian prison system harms prisoners]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new pilot program in two Canadian prisons is a sign that our prisons can change. 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The province refuses to release the footage, citing labour relations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is keeping secret the video detailing the last moments of a man who died in solitary confinement at a Lindsay jail after a three-hour]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/he-died-after-guards-beat-and-pepper-sprayed-him-according-to-video-the-province-refuses-to-release-the-footage-citing-labour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/he-died-after-guards-beat-and-pepper-sprayed-him-according-to-video-the-province-refuses-to-release-the-footage-citing-labour</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 05:40:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89uWPaeePDojtsZ3v1SUSSHBptUbZmw88RYR4hcbKsX1LMJ773N8KVisbu6pShtRTRUKiZCFszm8S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Needle exchanges coming to 2 Canadian prisons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inmates at two federal prisons who use injection drugs will have access to clean syringes beginning in June, with the Correctional Service of Canada planning to roll out the service at other institutions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/needle-exchanges-coming-to-2-canadian-prisons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/needle-exchanges-coming-to-2-canadian-prisons</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 04:19:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZscnDhvGQ3iTSjL68JVqEmrTFQvEm9voq4XuRaL4Lbi1koYDoWQJsXVofks53ZnzXST7ws2qk4Gbp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we truly want to rehabilitate incarcerated youth, we must stop putting them in solitary confinement]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, a jury looking into the suicide of Yousef Mohamed Hussein, an inmate who took his own life in segregation in an Ottawa detention centre back in 2016, came out with 29 recommendations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/if-we-truly-want-to-rehabilitate-incarcerated-youth-we-must-stop-putting-them-in-solitary-confinement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prison/@prisonfreepress/if-we-truly-want-to-rehabilitate-incarcerated-youth-we-must-stop-putting-them-in-solitary-confinement</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prison]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 05:55:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89qBtndjMGwpkLS1eT7dsk4tpM17GTHxvYrnaJWKSLPEpqjBGhAL7FFPnpE3fuD2vLkMwM8BfqpXY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#JusticeForColten and Anti-Indigenous Racism on Canadian Juries]]></title><description><![CDATA[www.intersectionalanalyst.com Feb 16, 2018 In August 2016, Colten Boushie was murdered by Gerald Stanley, a 56-year old white farmer, in Saskatchewan. 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