MEDIA
June 2021 — MOMS Ottawa is outraged by the news that Community Advisory Boards (CABs) for all Ontario correctional institutions have been disbanded as of June 4, 2021.
PREVIOUS YEARS:
December 2018 More on the tragic inquest….
https://thevalleygazette.ca/jail-no-place-for-the-mentally-ill-inquest-hears/
December 2018 Mothers Offering Mutual Support (MOMS) Ottawa participated in the inquest for the tragic and unnecessary death.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/jury-delivers-sweeping-recommendations-to-prevent-jail-suicides
November 2018 Mothers Offering Mutual Support (MOMS) Ottawa is among the parties approved to participate in the inquest into a “tragic and unnecessary” death.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/inquest-monday-into-hanging-death-of-mentally-ill-prisoner
June 2018 – Governor General Presents Honors – a MOMS member, Farhat Rehman, receives the Meritorious Service Decoration, well deserved and MOMS is proud of Farhat.
https://www.gg.ca/document. aspx?id=17114&lan=eng
May 2018 – MOMS Op-ed, a message for the next government of Ontario
http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/mathias-a-message-to-the-next-government-on-jail-reform
April 2018 – Spratt: Why the new justice reform bill, C-75, is anything but just
March 2018 – Kingston Prison farms returning with new federal funding
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/kingston-canada-prison-farm-budget-1.4555180
February 2018 – The return of prison farms and tattoos: Why this new watchdog won’t slam the door on Canada’s inmates
January 2018 – Ottawa must revise criminal pardons
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ottawa-must-revise-criminal-pardons/article37762006/
October 2017 – Ontario Jails Can’t Count Their Dead
July 2017 – Progress, but dark clouds still loom over OCDC
http://www.ottawasun.com/2017/07/09/progress-but-dark-clouds-still-loom-over-ocdc
June 2017 – Ottawa jail fixes should be model for Ontario
May 2017 – New jail proposed for Ottawa – MOMS in the news
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawa-to-get-new-725-bed-jail-province-announces
http://www.ottawasun.com/2017/05/04/mathias-bigger-jail-no-cure-all
February 2017 – A suicide attempt at Ottawa Jail – MOMS in the news
February 2017 – Advocating for Health Care Improvements
February 2017 – Prisoner Miscarriage in Jail Raises Health Care Concerns
January 2017 – MOMS in news re: Improved Bail System
January 2017 – MOMS in news re: Improvements to OCDC
December 2016 – MOMS in the news re: ION Scanner
December 2016 – MOMS Representative on CBC (radio & news) regarding the ION Scanner Petition
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-prisons-drugs-ion-scanners-1.3905662
December 2016 – Letter to the Editorial Board regarding suicide at OCDC
September 2016 – Community Advisory Board recommendations on OCDC too slow
June 2016 – OCDC Task Force – Report #1
http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/Corrections/OCDCTaskForceReportback.html
May 2015 – MOMS Presentation at Forum
http://smartjustice.ca/2015/04/16/moms/
April 2015 – Plans for MOMS Forum announced