“You want to be a journalist, my son?” said my late father, himself a journalist on the now-defunct Montreal Star, when I announced at a very young age my intentions to follow in his footsteps. By Colin McGregor “To write, he said, “You have to […] See more
The Oxford English Dictionary defines community service as: “Unpaid work, intended to be of social use, that an offender is required to do instead of going to prison.” At the Café Graffiti, no less than 50 people per year of all ages and trades come […] See more
In Canada, criminal records are public documents. So anyone can access them. You just have to have a name and a date of birth (easy to get these days with Facebook). By Delphine Caubet – One man in five in Canada has a criminal record. […] See more
“In the milieu, when there’s an overdose, most people save their own skins and run. Because they have criminal records, arrest warrants, they’re drug dealers or they have drugs on them.” By Mélina Soucy That, according to Julie (not her real name), an ex-addict in […] See more
Did you know that since May 4th, 2017, you can benefit from judicial protection if you phone 911 to come to someone’s aid? By Mélina Soucy In response to the number of deaths caused by opioids like fentanyl, the federal government passed a Good Samaritan […] See more
Note: Jean-Pierre Bellemare was convicted in 2021 of a crime committed in 2018, and is currently incarcerated. Right now, I have no thoughts of suicide. Having lived a tumultuous life, I’ve often found myself in danger. Sometimes, it’s been police who wanted to shoot at […] See more
In 2016, Colin McGregor changed penitentiaries. After 23 years in medium security he was moved to Laval. Before going to his new prison he was sent to the Regional Reception Centre in St-Anne-des-Plaines, a compulsory waystation for all transferees going down the security scale. An […] See more
In 2016, Colin McGregor changed penitentiaries. After 23 years in medium security he was moved to Laval. Before going to his new prison he was sent to the Regional Reception Centre in St-Anne-des-Plaines, a compulsory waystation for all transferees going down the security scale. An […] See more
Note: Jean-Pierre Bellemare was convicted in 2021 of a crime committed in 2018, and is currently incarcerated. Sometimes my jailbird past seems too heavy for me to bear. Many of the folks around me see me as a successful example of a rehabilitated criminal, which […] See more
Note: Jean-Pierre Bellemare was convicted in 2021 of a crime committed in 2018, and is currently incarcerated. I was so afraid of becoming like my father that I became like my mother, a beaten person. By Jean-Pierre Bellemare My alcoholic father was violent against my […] See more
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