On December 1, 2025, Prisoners’ Legal Services, Canadian Prison Law Association, PATH Legal and the East Coast Prison Justice Society made a joint submission to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissioner regarding telecommunications systems and services in correctional facilities. You can read the submissions here.
Today, Prisoners’ Legal Services wrote to Correctional Service Canada Commissioner Anne Kelly asking for policy reform to prohibit correctional officers from cutting the clothes off people in prison, and preventing correctional officers from being present on living units in treatment centres, unless called in by health care staff. Click here to see the letter.
Today, Prisoners’ Legal Services wrote to Premier Horgan calling on BC to fund initiatives for Indigenous-run alternatives to prison. Click here to see the letter.
On September 2, 2021, Prisoners’ Legal Services presented to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. You can read our written submission here.
On Friday June 18, 2021, Prisoners’ Legal Services made submissions to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on CSC’s response to COVID-19, its implementation of Structured Intervention Units and sexual violence in federal prisons.
You can read our submission here.
On June 6, 2020, Prisoners’ Legal Services made a submission to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. You can read our submission here.