Non-profits in so-called Ottawa have been holding private meetings and co-opting the calls for alternatives to police. Closed door meetings to discuss collaborations with cops and speak for the community without them knowing or being […]
We urge you to take action. We need to protect the health and lives of prisoners because it is a legal obligation, protects public health, enhances community safety, and is the right thing to do. […]
Please take 30 seconds to use our automated email zap tool to tell Bell and the federal and provincial government that the current phone systems in prisons across Canada are harmful and too expensive!
Choosing Real Safety: A Historic Declaration to Divest from Policing and Prisons and Build Safer Communities for All. Please sign and share widely. We can choose to build safe communities! We are living through a […]
TRAINING EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 4TH! 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Two weeks have passed since media outlets reported that Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair asked the heads of Correctional Services Canada(CSC) and the Parole Board of Canada(PBC) to put together a plan to release […]
SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.change.org/p/st-lawrence-parks-commission-don-t-mock-the-big-house-engage-with-current-and-former-prisoners-on-kp-s-future “In research on prison tourism, it’s been established that many people who pay to frequent these sites want to feel like they’re in a prison, as if being in such a […]
Donate So far the Jail Hotline has received a lot support from the community and our friends and allies elsewhere. We are going to be updating our fundraising progress each week! So stay tuned to […]
The JAIL hotline takes calls from Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) prisoners and their loved ones. The line has two objectives: a) holding accountable the provincial government, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services officials, and […]
The Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) is Ottawa’s local jail, where about 585 people are held on any given day. About 60 to 70 percent of the people held in OCDC are on “remand,” meaning […]
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