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Enabling Justice: Adult Toolkit

This resource from the Disability Justice Network Ontario is for people 18+ who are navigating the criminal legal system, particularly people who are racialized, living with a disability, or who are autistic or neurodivergent. It includes information on racism and disability and the criminal legal system, know your rights, what to expect,

Enabling Justice: Printable Toolkit for Prisoners

This printable plain-language toolkit is intended for people who are incarcerated, with additional content for racialized and/or disabled prisoners. It has information on the legal process, legal options, as well as resources for prisoners and their support systems.

Enabling Justice: Youth Toolkit

This resource from the Disability Justice Network Ontario is for youth ages 12-17 who are navigating the criminal legal system, particularly youth who are racialized, living with a disability, or who are autistic or neurodivergent. It includes information on racism and disability and the criminal legal system, know your rights, what to expect,

HIV and the Criminal Law in Canada

This resource was created by the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO), HIV Legal Network, African Caribbean Council on HIV/ AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO), Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA), and Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP). It provides important information about HIV and the law in Canada, with a particular focus on African,

PASAN Cell Count quarterly newsletter

This quarterly newsletter produced by PASAN, an HIV/ AIDS organization supporting prisoners and ex-prisoners, covers various topics of interest to people in federal or provincial institutions across Canada. People in prison or their families can order free copies of the newsletter to be delivered to them directly, or current and past issues can be read online.

The Sentencing & Parole Project

The Sentencing & Parole Project is a not-for-profit organization that creates enhanced pre-sentence reports (EPSRs) for Black people marginalized by poverty and racial inequality. The reports give judges and parole boards the information they need to make informed sentencing and release decisions. They include recommendations for culturally appropriate programs to assist with rehabilitation.

Know Your Rights: Indigenous Communities and HIV and HCV in Federal Prisons

This resource produced by the Canadian HIV/ AIDS Legal Network provides information about HIV and HCV in jail or prison from the Indigenous perspective. Issues covered include:

privacy regarding health condition or diagnosis
access to traditional medicines
access to medication after leaving jail or prison
access to harm reduction strategies and treatments

Transgender inmate management policy

This web page produced by the Ministry of the Solicitor General outlines the policy on how transgender inmates must be treated to allow them their dignity, further to the passage of Toby’s Act in 2012.

Human Rights in Action: In Prison

This resource from the Elizabeth Fry Society of Canada is a human rights handbook for women and gender-diverse people in federal prison in Canada.

What are my rights if I’m detained or arrested? video

This video is about a person’s rights if they are arrested or detained in Ontario.