MEDIA
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.
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