Our Policies
SLSC’s policies are developed in collaboration with our members and our Board of Directors, and are reviewed at the Annual General Meeting with the purposes of:
- Identifying criminal justice and related issues relevant to its membership;
- Reflecting SLSC’s organizational values and social justice goals;
- Articulating SLSC approaches, practices and standards to achieve these goals; and
- Ensuring the good governance of SLSC on matters of legal, administrative, and organizational relevance.
- SLSC Policy on Equitable and Consistent Standards of Healthcare for Justice-Involved People (2022)
- SLSC Policy on Racism in the Criminal Justice System (2022)
- SLSC Policy on Human Rights and Non-Discrimination (2022)
- SLSC Policy on Restorative Justice (2021)
- SLSC Policy on Universal Basic Income (2021)
- SLSC Policy on the Impact of Criminal Records (2020)
- SLSC Policy on Impact of Long-term Incarceration (2020)
- SLSC Policy on Social Enterprises (2020)
- SLSC Policy on The Role of Government (2020)
- SLSC Policy on Right to Housing (2019)
- SLSC Policy on Peer Mentoring (2019)
- SLSC Policy on Research Ethics (2019)
- SLSC Policy on Capital Punishment (2019)
- SLSC Policy on Aging and Elderly People in Conflict With the Law (2018)
- SLSC Policy on Community-Based Social Justice (2018)
- SLSC Policy on Crime Prevention (2018)
- SLSC Policy on Victims (2017)
- SLSC Policy on Mandatory Minimums (2017)
- SLSC Policy on Electronic Monitoring (2013) – in review by Committee
- SLSC Privacy Policy (2004) – in review by Committee
- SLSC Policy on Privatization of Corrections (1999) – in review by Committee