After an incredibly busy spring and summer of taking calls from prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jail Accountability and Information Line (JAIL) has launched a new fundraiser to help cover it’s operating costs. Click […]
This year Prisoners’ Justice Day will be accompanied by a new campaign called 10 Days of Abolition, which was created by the newly formed Abolition Coalition which spans many cities in Turtle Island. Our annual […]
This morning (July 30th), counsel for the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP) delivered a legal notice to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) demanding the jail respects its legal responsibilities to accommodate the spiritual and […]
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 […]
On July 22nd, over 70 people incarcerated at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) began a hunger strike demanding immediate changes to jail conditions. This action follows a 31-hour hunger strike initiated on June 3rd during […]
ALGONQUIN TERRITORY (Ottawa) – egregious restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 and dangerously lax health measures at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) are violating the constitutional rights of prisoners as well as international law, according to […]
Last month, the Ontario Government announced that it will spend an additional $500 million over the next five years to hire more staff and build new infrastructure. This new investment into prisons and jails comes […]
This year’s design for the 2020 Prisoners’ Justice Day t-shirt is available now for pre-order! It includes a design by an artist who goes by Slick (an incarcerated person), and the logos of CPEP, The […]
CPEP is proud to partner with Cap City Cyphers and the WAOC(We Are One Community) once more for the #StopTheViolence Hip-Hop Competition. The Deadline to enter is July 17th, 2020. Email: waoc@panthermusicgroup.com 📻🎙RULES: •10$ to […]
This multi-stop caravan and bike ride on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory / in downtown Ottawa will provide participants with an opportunity to come together in solidarity with others engaged in struggles for decolonization, defunding […]
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