The "con code," a set of unwritten rules among inmates, could be behind attacks behind bars. But advocates say Canadian ...
Incarceration rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed from approximately 500,000 in the mid-70s to 2,226,832 in 2010, according to the Centre for Prison Studies’ (ICPS) last estimate. Even worse, the ...
VANCOUVER — In a Surrey, B.C., pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a "rat" by fellow prisoners — but then dies after being put in a 10-minute chokehold.