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Public Safety & Policing

Justice & Prisons platforms

Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Justice & Prisons.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Justice & Prisons.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Justice & Prisons.
We don't have any NDP policies on Justice & Prisons.

Green

  • Develop a restorative justice model.
  • Revitalise social, economic, physical, & mental health supports.
  • Ensure prison is a last resort.
  • Implement laws to reduce the incarceration of those with mental health issues through preventive measures.
  • Develop clearer laws to reduce the number of people held in pre-trial detention.

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● Develop a restorative justice model that will allow for transformative justice, meaningful accountability and rehabilitation of those who cause harm, greater healing for those who are victimized and those who are criminalized and imprisoned, and ultimately decreased involvement in the traditional criminal legal system.

● Design a comprehensive evaluation of restorative justice programs across the country.

Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

● Revitalize and resource social, economic, physical and mental health supports, particularly in light of the mass incarceration of Indigenous, Black and other racialized people.

● Ensure that prison is a last resort, where public safety necessitates imprisonment.

● Implement laws that reduce the incarceration of those with mental health issues through preventative measures.

Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

● Collaborate with provincial partners and communities to invest in youth mental health, education, opportunities, and success, in order to decrease the involvement of youth in the criminal justice system, with a particular focus on communities that have traditionally been either at greater risk or a greater target of law enforcement.

Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

● Review the treatment of young persons in the criminal justice system, assess the use of diversion and alternative measures across the country, with a particular focus on when and to whom these alternatives are offered, and the impact of diversionary programs versus full involvement in the criminal justice system.

Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

● Examine and assess the online threat to young and vulnerable persons, and take steps to address this situation through education and updated laws, as needed.

Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

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