Not only does the cruel punishment persist when it’s theoretically illegal, its use inflicts exceptional harm on the over 6,000 women currently in Canada’s prisons.
Source: Why Is Solitary Confinement Still Happening In Canada?
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Pregnant inmates are getting prenatal care far below health standards, study shows | CBC News
Pregnant women in Ontario jails are getting prenatal care that falls far short of international standards, says a new study from McMaster University.
Source: Pregnant inmates are getting prenatal care far below health standards, study shows | CBC News
Saskatoon advocate calls for prisons to be abolished | Globalnews.ca
A spokesperson for the Indigenous Joint Action Coalition said prisons are part of a colonial legacy of oppression and should be replaced.
Source: Saskatoon advocate calls for prisons to be abolished | Globalnews.ca
Fighting for prison abolition across the Prairies: An interview with Free Lands Free Peoples
Canadian Dimension spoke with Karrie Auger, an amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton) organizer with Free Lands Free Peoples and its Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund, an emergency fund that has raised over $23,000 to distribute to “recently released prisoners, those still inside, and the families of people still incarcerated in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.”
Black Lives Matter in prison, too
A group of federally incarcerated Black prisoners have written the following statement. It was read to El Jones, and has been slightly edited for length and clarity. We have been watching the Black Lives Matters protests and the conversations about police violence. We have been taking part in our own conversations with prisoners of all […]
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Broken system: Why is a quarter of Canada’s prison population Indigenous?
Colten Boushie’s death and the subsequent acquittal of his killer has fuelled loud calls for reforms to Canada’s criminal justice system and its treatment of the Indigenous. Why has it taken so long?
Source: Broken system: Why is a quarter of Canada’s prison population Indigenous?
The Racism of Mass Incarceration, Visualized: an Interview With Bruce Western – The Atlantic
In this animated interview, the sociologist Bruce Western explains the current inevitability of prison for certain demographics of young black men.
Source: The Racism of Mass Incarceration, Visualized: an Interview With Bruce Western – The Atlantic