Meaningful bail reform requires community supports not ‘more policing, more court work, and more corrections’: Sen. Pate

NDP justice critic Randall Garrison says the overrepresentation of marginalized people in prison poses a long-term threat to public safety that must be balanced with the immediate threat of repeat offenders.
Justice Minister David Lametti speaks at a March 10 press conference at the Château Laurier, announcing the federal government will move forward on targeted reforms to Canada's bail laws to make it more difficult for repeat violent offenders to get out of jail while they await trial.

The federal government's history of “lurching from one tragedy to the next” and a narrow focus on more punitive sentences as it grapples with reforming the bail system will only increase the incarceration rates of marginalized Canadians rather than prevent future tragedi...

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