Rick Sauvé truly deserved to be honoured with the Ed McIsaac Human Rights in Corrections Award. Not only did he win voting rights for prisoners in the Supreme Court, we learn in this episode of his commitment to helping prisoners. Among other contributions, Rick has provided peer support through LifeLine, assisted at more than 400 parole board hearings and helped prisoners leave gangs. As a person who has been behind bars and successfully lives under sentence in the community, Rick has terrific insights into the challenges fellow prisoners face and significant credibility with them. He shares information about the prison programs he has delivered and the other efforts he has made to help those still behind bars find their way.
This episode touches upon some issues relating to effective programs to support people returning to communities: