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 […]
We are outraged in the wake of major COVID-19 outbreaks at Toronto South Detention Centre (TSDC) and Joyceville Institution in Kingston. Despite the calls to reduce the prison population, the Ministry has been ignoring public […]
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 […]
CPEP recently organized and conducted the Canvassing to #DefundOPS Campaign. We volunteered 120 hours and knocked on more than 600 doors across Ottawa. We were greeted by many residents in wards 7 Bay (@tm_kavanagh), 11 […]
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 […]
Kemptville’s Coalition Against the Proposed Prison (CAPP) finished an amazing info session about the proposed prison in Kemptville (slated to be finished by 2027) and heard from experts in the field of incarceration, prison abolition, […]
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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