Kyle Kirkup, Special to TVO.org

Kyle Kirkup is a 2013 Trudeau Scholar at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He writes about criminal law, sentencing, sexuality and gender identity.

Kyle Kirkup, Special to TVO.org's articles

Overhead view of a small prison cell for one person.
Beginning of the end for solitary confinement in Canada?
Published On: March 18, 2016
Canada prides itself on the protection of human rights, but a report from last week reveals uncomfortable truths about the country's treatment of those in prison, particularly those in solitary confinement, writes Kyle Kirkup. 
hands holding on to jail cell bars
How Ontario’s prisons pioneered sensitivity to transgender inmates
Published On: January 26, 2016
In January 2015, Ontario became the first jurisdiction in North America to consistently place transgender inmates in correctional institutions that correspond with their gender identities. A year later, here’s how inmates have fared.