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Month: December 2020

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News

COVID-19 in Prisons 2020 wrap up and radio interview

December 31, 2020 admin

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 […]

Event

COVID in Prisons: Digital Action and Press Conference Dec 21

December 20, 2020 admin

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 […]

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News

Solidarity with the Joyceville Prisoners’ COVID ATI

December 20, 2020 admin

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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Report

Canvassing to Defund OPS Report

December 13, 2020 admin

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 […]

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News

The JAIL Hotline Marks its two-year anniversary

December 11, 2020 admin

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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Media

Coalition Against the Proposed Prison info session

December 10, 2020 admin

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, […]

News

CPEP and CAMS release joint statement on CCTVs

December 3, 2020 admin

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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