<?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>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:07:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/canada-prisons/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><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. Boushie was a young, 22-year old Indigenous man from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/5xkirt-justiceforcolten-and-anti-indigenous-racism-on-canadian-juries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/5xkirt-justiceforcolten-and-anti-indigenous-racism-on-canadian-juries</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prisons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 04:48:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybu2XCcT26VyAwVXvTHfcubyogmEaqCdWciJSvFA2dkV1FMTyBZxVKaeF1P63wz9MF5XyFNQUpSRLk6LtgmKaC2SJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toking while white: A get out of jail card]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a middle-aged woman, you get used to becoming invisible. Bartenders no longer see you, never mind taxi drivers. 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Eight men died of drug overdose inside the jail in a six-year period, and now, a new]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/hamilton-s-inmates-keep-dying-and-more-could-be-done-to-save-them-study-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/canada-prisons/@prisonfreepress/hamilton-s-inmates-keep-dying-and-more-could-be-done-to-save-them-study-says</guid><category><![CDATA[canada-prisons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prisonfreepress]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:03:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfBACHsXMe8SeF3xksVnqnZcrw1YHpFcbRsKXzAExfk2C3GpsgXgyLRTnxjRQvfLFhM7wSc6D5MkkVC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. prisoners get addiction therapy after charter challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prisoners struggling with opiate addictions in British Columbia jails have gained the same right to medical treatment as people outside the corrections system. 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All is not well in Canada’s prison system and Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale, charged with making it better, is working against the clock. 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