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CLEO Steps to Justice: youth criminal justice

This Steps to Justice webpage produced by CLEO links to multiple questions and answers about youth criminal justice, as well as links to supplementary and referral information. The information is also available in French on CLEO’s Justice pas-à-pas website.

Flatten inequality: Human rights in the age of COVID-19

This resource produced by the Canadian HIV/ AIDS Network compares information about the comparison between the effect of SARS and COVID-19 in prisons and jails. It also addresses appropriate human rights standards to be applied to prisons and jails, as well as the universal human rights standards regarding shelter and health care.

How to support your loved one at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre

This resource, produced by MOMs (Mothers Offering Mutual Support), provides practical tips for people who wish to visit their loved one at the OCDC and about supports they can provide for their loved ones.

Indigenous rights: Bail

This resource from CLEO explains Gladue factors that courts must consider when deciding whether to give bail to an Indigenous person.

Indigenous Rights: Diversion

This resource from CLEO explains what Indigenous diversion is and when it may be available.

Indigenous Rights: Sentencing

This resource from CLEO explains Gladue factors that courts must consider when sentencing an Indigenous person.

Are bail hearings different if I’m Indigenous?

This question from Steps to Justice explains what the court must take into account at your bail hearing if you are Indigenous.

Has your child been charged with a crime?

This fact sheet produced by CLEO covers issues related to children who have been charged with a crime. It is available in several different languages.

Voting by Incarcerated Electors

This tip sheet provides guidance to people incarcerated in provincial or federal institutions on the voting and registration process while incarcerated.

Parole – The Next Step of the Journey: Information for family, friends, support workers, and those in prison

This resource produced by the Canadian Families and Corrections Network provides information for families, friends, and support workers who support people leaving federal prison.
NOTE: Although it mostly focuses on the federal parole process, they provide some useful referral information which could be given to people leaving jail in Ontario as well.