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Booklets for People in Federal Prisons

These booklets, produced by Prisoners’ Legal Services in British Columbia, provide information to people in federal institutions on prisoners’ rights and other relevant topics, including:

Conditional release, Correcting your CSC file, Section 810 recognizances
Family: Child support, Family: Divorce
Grievances, Human rights complaints, Disciplinary process
Indigenous spiritual accommodation, Indigenous legal rights
Hepatitis C,

Enabling Justice: Adult Toolkit

This resource from the Disability Justice Network Ontario is for people 18+ who are navigating the criminal legal system, particularly people who are racialized, living with a disability, or who are autistic or neurodivergent. It includes information on racism and disability and the criminal legal system, know your rights, what to expect,

Enabling Justice: Printable Toolkit for Prisoners

This printable plain-language toolkit is intended for people who are incarcerated, with additional content for racialized and/or disabled prisoners. It has information on the legal process, legal options, as well as resources for prisoners and their support systems.

Enabling Justice: Youth Toolkit

This resource from the Disability Justice Network Ontario is for youth ages 12-17 who are navigating the criminal legal system, particularly youth who are racialized, living with a disability, or who are autistic or neurodivergent. It includes information on racism and disability and the criminal legal system, know your rights, what to expect,

HIV and the Criminal Law in Canada

This resource was created by the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO), HIV Legal Network, African Caribbean Council on HIV/ AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO), Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA), and Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP). It provides important information about HIV and the law in Canada, with a particular focus on African,

How to apply for criminal conviction review

This resource produced by the Department of Justice explains the process to ask for a criminal conviction review if someone has been convicted of an offence under the Criminal Code or the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. This is only available to people who have exhausted all of their appeal options.

Innocence Canada: Path to Legal Exoneration

This website and flowchart produced by Innocence Canada outline steps in the appeal process to try to seek to overturn a criminal conviction.

Making a Complaint about Police

This web page from the Law Enforcement Complaints Agency (LECA) offers information about how to make a complaint against a police officer in Ontario.

PASAN Cell Count quarterly newsletter

This quarterly newsletter produced by PASAN, an HIV/ AIDS organization supporting prisoners and ex-prisoners, covers various topics of interest to people in federal or provincial institutions across Canada. People in prison or their families can order free copies of the newsletter to be delivered to them directly, or current and past issues can be read online.

Record Suspensions

This webpage produced by the Parole Board of Canada provides practical and legal information about applying for record suspensions, expected processing times, and tips to help with the application.