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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