Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial

Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial

What can people who were incarcerated, and survivors of violent crime teach us about improving the justice system? Everything. Go behind-the-scenes of Benjamin Perrin’s upcoming book "Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial" to hear their raw and gritty accounts, and from others on the frontlines. Awarded "Best Podcasts of 2023".

Episodes

December 14, 2023 56 mins

Content Note: discussion of trauma, intimate partner violence, violence, suicide, death by impaired driving, substance use, colonial violence against Indigenous people including residential schools and incarceration. There is also mention of sexual violence. Click here for mental health support resources if you need support. 

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Harold Johnson, Peace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada 

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Content Note: graphic discussion of police use of force and police-involved deaths; general discussion of mental health, substance use, homelessness, trauma and racism against Indigenous, Black and people of colour. Click here for mental health support resources if you need support. 

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Content Note: discussion of racism against Black, Indigenous and people of colour; police use of force and police-involved deaths; gun violence; incarceration; poverty; and mental health challenges.  

Click here for mental health support resources. 

Order your copy of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial  (Aevo UTP, 2023) 

Visit www.benjaminperrin.ca for the latest news and upcoming events 

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Content Note: general discussion of colonial violence and racism against Indigenous people including residential schools, the 60s Scoops and in police encounters; sexual abuse against an Indigenous person as a child; intimate partner violence; a graphic description of a childhood physical assault by an adoptive parent; failure of child protection and police to provide protection; and description of an assault by a police officer ag...

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Content Note: childhood abuse, mental health, prison violence and graphic depictions of substance use and a suicide attempt. Click here for mental health support resources. 

Order your copy of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial  (Aevo UTP, 2023) 

Visit www.benjaminperrin.ca for the latest news and upcoming events 

We are grateful for support from the University of British Columbia and Law Foundation of British Columbia 

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Content Note: general discussion of trauma including childhood trauma, graphic details of a violent assault of a child by his older brother, mental health, substance use, unregulated drug deaths, incarceration, racism, poverty, suicide, intergenerational trauma, Residential Schools and ongoing colonial violence against Indigenous people. Click here for mental health support resources. 

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September 26, 2023 27 mins

Content Note: physical and sexual violence, reference to childhood abuse, and mistreatment by professionals in the criminal justice system. Click here for mental health support resources. 

Order your copy of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial  (Aevo UTP, 2023) 

Visit www.benjaminperrin.ca for the latest news and upcoming events 

We are grateful for support from the University of British Columbia and Law Foundation of Bri...

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Content Note: incarceration, graphic depictions of self-harm, prison violence, use of force and suicide. It also includes audio of a prison riot and use of force against an Indigenous teenager while incarcerated. Click here for mental health support resources. 

Order your copy of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial  (Aevo UTP, 2023) 

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Content Note: policing violence, incarceration, substance use, mental health, suicide, poverty, homelessness, racism. Click here for mental health support resources. 

Order your copy of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial  (Aevo UTP, 2023) 

Visit www.benjaminperrin.ca for the latest news and upcoming events 

We are grateful for support from the University of British Columbia and Law Foundation of British Columbia 

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September 12, 2023 32 mins

Content Note: graphic depictions of prison violence and discussion of incarceration, substance use, homelessness, poverty, racism, and mental health distress. Click here for mental health support resources. 

Order your copy of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial  (Aevo UTP, 2023) 

Visit www.benjaminperrin.ca for the latest news and upcoming events 

We are grateful for support from the University of British Columbia and La...

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Content Note: discussion of physical and sexual abuse against children; suicide; incarceration; impaired driving death; racism and colonial violence against Indigenous people. Click here for mental health support resources. 

Order your copy of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial  (Aevo UTP, 2023) 

Visit www.benjaminperrin.ca for the latest news and upcoming events 

We are grateful for support from the University of Britis...

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Content Note: Graphic depictions of physical and sexual violence against an Indigenous woman and her children, violence-induced miscarriage; mental health challenges; suicide; homicidal ideation; child pornography; failure of police, medical, social services to provide support; racism and colonial violence against Indigenous people, including MMIWG2S. Click here for mental health support resources.

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August 29, 2023 2 mins

Subscribe now to listen to the Indictment podcast, launching September 12, 2023. 

Pre-order your copy of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial by Benjamin Perrin, coming October 3, 2023, published by Aevo UTP. 

Visit www.benjaminperrin.ca for the latest news and upcoming events

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