Pros And Cons Of Incarceration

When we put someone in jail and deprive them of their liberty, their incarceration usually follows a series of legal encounters, called due process. Things like arrests, charge, preliminary hearing trial, conviction, sentences. We go through this procedure because the person accused of a crime is assumed to be innocent until proven guilty. This is nothing new, it’s a concept that goes back to the roman times, and it is guaranteed section of the charter of rights and freedoms. Except all too often in Canada, we throw people in jail who haven’t been found guilty of anything. In provincial jails across the country, there are prisoners who have not been convicted of any crime and who are living in appalling conditions, waiting dispositions of their