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All Eyes on CSC Email Zap
Tell CSC that We Demand Justice for Nick Dinardo
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JAIL Hotline 3rd Anniversary
Efforts to diminish the use and pains of imprisonment at OCDC while working towards abolition continue as the JAIL hotline marks its third anniversary 14 December 2021 (Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory / Ottawa) – Last Friday […]
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OCDC Charter Rights Trial Resumes November 4th
Deepan Budlakoti charter challenge on conditions at the Ottawa jail resumes November 4th The suit filed last year by Deepan Budlakoti, who is detained at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC), resumes on November 4th . […]
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JAIL Hotline Community Announcement
The JAIL hotline seeks volunteers and donations as it prepares to relaunch on 10 December 2021 to mark its’ third anniversary TEMPORARY REDUCED HOURS After taking thousands of calls from imprisoned people and their loved […]
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Sign the Petition to keep Permanent Memorial for Anthony Aust at OPS
October 7th, 2021 marks one year since Anthony Aust died during a no-knock warrant raid conducted by the Ottawa Police Services at his family home on Jasmine Crescent. On this day, we asked community members […]
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Phone Calls Cut at OCDC
Lockdowns, lack of programming, and inadequate health and mental health care continue to plague the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre as free phone calls are cut 10 September 2021 (Algonquin Territory | Ottawa) – The Jail Accountability […]
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Prisoner’s Justice Day Events and Information
Prisoners’ Justice Day Vigil August 10th, 2021 Major’s Hill Park Algonquin Territory/Ottawa 7:00 pm https://fb.me/e/2lusD1BVw Prisoners’ Justice Day T-Shirts. The shirts are $25.00 each and you can reserve your size for pick up at the […]
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Sign the Open Letter on Healthcare in Prisons
Sign the letter here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11RFBEEDbULu6jemAdL-iNocg4tA2Q186P5DpcB5S2N0/viewform?edit_requested=true Read it below: Attn: Sylvia Jones, Ministry of the Solicitor General (SOLGEN) Christine Elliott, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Linda Ogilve, Manager of Corporate Healthcare, SOLGEN Beth Dunford, Manager, […]
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Remembering David A Father Who Died at OCDC
David was a father of two from Cornwall who was optimistic about the future. His communities on both sides of the prison walls are deeply troubled by his passing. When our callers informed us of […]
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TPRP Launches New Jail Line
416-755-9329. The Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project is launching the ☎️ Toronto South Detention Centre, Vanier Centre for Women and Maplehurst Correctional Complex Jail Hotline ☎️. This hotline is run by volunteers. It will take calls […]
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COVID-19 in Prisons 2020 wrap up and radio interview
COVID-19 is currently out of control in several prisons across the country and prisoners are currently facing life-threatening circumstances in institutions that have been infected with it. On top of that, prisoners are being subjected […]
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Solidarity with the Joyceville Prisoners’ COVID ATI
People imprisoned at Joyceville Institution issue statement seeking access to information about CSC’s outbreak plan and supplies to get through the crisis. 19 December 2020 – Since the lockdown began, there’s been no information coming […]
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The JAIL Hotline Marks its two-year anniversary
11 December 2020 (unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory) – Yesterday, members of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP) marked the two-year anniversary of the Jail Accountability & Information Line (JAIL). Since its launch on […]
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CPEP and CAMS release joint statement on CCTVs
2 December 2020 (Algonquin Territory/Ottawa) – The Coalition Against More Surveillance (CAMS) and the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP) condemn the Ontario government’s decision to fund the expansion of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) systems across […]
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CPEP Joins Defund the Police National Organization
This week, CPEP has officially joined the Defund.ca Ottawa chapter. Defund.ca links cities from all over Canada together in an effort to get their municipalities to stop funding the police and start funding social supports […]
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CPEP Joins The Ottawa Coalition For A People’s Budget
CPEP is proud to join the Ottawa Coalition For A People’s Budget. Our vision for Ottawa shows how the City can make a transformative investment in social services and address all areas of our current […]
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Free Cihan Erdal
Click here to send an e-mail advocating for Cihan, a Carleton University PhD student facing life imprisonment in Turkey for a small role in calling for protest against the government.
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Prisoners Justice Day 2020 Media Round Up
We have rounded up all the media, t-shirts, merch, artwork, poetry, articles, and support guides that we could find! We have interviews and commentary from all over Canada featuring people currently and formerly in jail, […]
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New Issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (JPP) out now!
Volume 28, Number 2 (2020) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons featuring articles written by current and former prisoner about the current state of incarceration in Canada and their recommendations for change. Click […]
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OCDC Prisoners Hunger Strike Ends, July 26th 2020
After a 5 day hunger strike, the OCDC(Ottawa’s jail)has issued no response to the hunger strikers and the citizens who support them and their call for basic necessities like soap, sanitizer, and edible food. Instead […]
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Prisoners’ Justice Day 2020 T-Shirt available for Pre-Order!
This year’s design for the 2020 Prisoners’ Justice Day t-shirt is available now for pre-order! It includes a design by an artist who goes by Slick (an incarcerated person), and the logos of CPEP, The […]
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OCDC Hunger Strike Ends – June 5th
5 June 2020 (unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory / Ottawa) – Today at 2:00pm, the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP) will livestream three statements on their Facebook page: an update on the hunger strike […]
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OCDC Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike
A hunger strike began on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 8am in the men’s maximum security unit of the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. 14 men are participating and they have asked that we share the reasons […]