Join the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project for No Cops! No Jails! Holiday Trivia Night. This virtual Holiday Trivia Night is a fundraiser for the Jail Accountability & Information Line. Register for the event here: […]
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 […]
On December 9th, the Ottawa City Council will meet to consider and approve the 2021 Ottawa Police Services budget and it might be our last opportunity to convince them to reject it. Odàwàng (Ottawa) – […]
Checkout this amazing article written by our own Lydia Dobson which summarizes the events of the past 5 days of anti-police protesting, occupations of stolen land, and disgusting police mismanagement and abuse at the municipal […]
While the murder of George Floyd and many others at the hands of American police has drawn global attention to problems with racialized policing in that country, Canada has its own long history of racialized […]
Updated with pictures and video of the event. Sunday, November 8th comes a month after the tragic and preventable death of Anthony Aust. Please join mourning community members who will gather at Jasmine Park to […]
FINAL UPDATE: We are continuing the photo campaign and encouraging people to register to speak at the final Ottawa Police Services Board budgetary meeting on November 23rd. This is the last chance of this year […]
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 […]
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.
On November 4, 2020 at 8:30 AM, the Ottawa Police Services Board will meet for the tabling of the 2021 Ottawa Police Services budget. Recent events in Ottawa just keep confirming that policing and police […]
We are raising money for Book Clubs for Inmates, TPRP‘s COVID-19 Emergency Prisoner Support Fund, and CPEP‘s Jail Accountability & Information Line (JAIL) because of conditions in prison under the Canadian state. To bid on […]
Updated with video of the meeting! Join CPEP and other community groups on September 28th, at 4:00pm, as members give their statements of contempt to the Ottawa Police Services Board. You can listen to the […]
Watch members of the Abolition Coaltion and some of Canada’s leading public intellectuals, artists, and organizers give teach ins and answer questions from the community concerning anti-black racism and police brutality/murder in so-called “Canada”. Watch […]
Zoom information meeting for students and community members interested in possibly volunteering with the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project or with Canadian Students For A Sensible Drug Policy, two groups active at the University of […]
Updated with Video of the event! NATIONWIDE action to DEFUND THE POLICE, August 29th! Join us in solidarity for a day of protest across this part of Turtle island (so-called Canada) as a call to […]
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, […]
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 […]
If you are in or around Ottawa tonight, please come to the event below and share this invitation with your networks. WHAT? Prisoners’ Justice Day Vigil Unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory | Ottawa WHERE? Major […]
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 […]
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