UPDATED WITH VIDEO! SESSION 21! A Fundraiser for The Prisoner Emergency Support Fund! In collab w/ CPEP! Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 6:13pm-8:19pm! Join us for our first online collaboration with CPEP! We have a […]
UPDATED WITH VIDEO OF THE WEBINAR! Indigenous Knowledge and Abolition: Criminalization, Decolonization and Lessons from Indigenous Justice Systems. The 5th in our weekly series of webinars focusing on prison abolition during the COVID-19 pandemic. Processes […]
This morning, CPEP took part in the Free Them All Caravan against imprisonment, which rolled by the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. Check-out the photos & watch the video! Governments from coast to coast to coast need […]
UPDATED WITH VIDEO OF THE WEBINAR – Supporting Those Left Inside: Meeting Needs Behind Prison Walls During the Pandemic While a significant number of prisoners are being released or diverted from detention across Canada, the […]
Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Linked to Canadian Carceral Insitutions as of April 17th, 2020 at 12:30 pm est. Given the urgent need to prevent the further transmission of COVID-19 amongst people who are caged and working […]
UPDATED WITH VIDEO OF THE WEBINAR! Please join us for our open mic fundraiser for the Prisoner Emergency Support Fund. We will be joined by poets, storytellers, singers and rappers from across Turtle Island to […]
UPDATED WITH VIDEO OF THE WEBINAR! Building Communities, Not Cages: Meeting the Needs of People Exiting Jails and Prisons. The 3rd in our weekly series of webinars addressing the needs of prisoners and criminalized people […]
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 […]
Government of Ontario needs to take additional steps to reduce the use and harms of imprisonment at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre during the COVID-19 crisis 6 April 2020 (Ottawa / Algonquin Territory) – Over the […]
UPDATED WITH VIDEO OF THE WEBINAR! Part of the ongoing #containcovidnotpeople conversation. Despite the immense dangers posed to prisoners during COVID-19, thousands of people remain behind bars in Canada and individuals continue to be newly […]
UPDATED with video of the entire webinar! The current COVID-19 pandemic has raised significant concerns for the health and safety of incarcerated peoples who cannot, as per public health recommendations, practice social distancing. Recognizing this […]
Crowding, violence, suicides, mistreatment of prisoners with mental illness, grossly inadequate healthcare, prolonged use of solitary confinement, and other conditions at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) on Innes Road have been a frequent source of […]
Souheil Benslimane, coordinator and co-founder of the Jail Accountability and Information Line and co-author of a report that calls Bell’s contract with with Ontario prisons “predatory”, sits down with Canada Land host Jesse Brown. LISTEN […]
Art — Speeches — Action SPEAKERS: – Souheil Benslimane (Lead Coordinator, Jail Accountability & Information Line) – Farhat Rehman (Member, MOMS / Mothers Offering Mutual Support) – Michael Spratt (Partner / Certified Specialist in Criminal […]
A year after its launch, the Jail Accountability & Information Line continues to work with prisoners to address human rights issues and re-entry barriers at the Innes Road jail, and releases its third quarterly report […]
Join members of the community and CPEP as we remember Soleiman Faqiri who was killed while under government care by correctional staff at the Central East Correctional Centre (CECC) in Lindsay, Ontario. This will be […]
Join us for an afternoon of fun for kids and families at Dominion Chalmers Centre, located on 355 Cooper St in Ottawa, from 1:30pm-4:00pm on November 16th 2019. The event is organized by students in […]
* Une description en français suivra * Towards a Carceral City? Debating CCTV Expansion in Ottawa Wednesday, October 30, 2019 7:00pm to 9:00pm Champlain Room – Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier Avenue West Facebook RSVP […]
Today the Jail Accountablility & Infomation Line (JAIL) has released a new report which documents the problems with the Bell Canada administered provincial prison phone system that does not allow calls to cellphones and serves […]
Download or listen to the interview here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/do-we-need-prisons/id1441042667?i=1000451895058 “Do we need prisons?” is the question posed by the host of Open to Debate, David Moscrop. CPEP members Justin Piché and Souheil Benslimane sit down with […]
JOIN THE PEACEFUL MARCH IN OTTAWA / ON ALGONQUIN TERRITORY AS PART OF THE MULTI-CITY DAY OF ACTION AGAINST CANADA’S DETENTION OF MIGRANTS OCTOBER 3, 2019 DEMAND PRISON PROFITEERS BUILD COMMUNITIES, NOT CAGES —– MARCH […]
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 […]
This advocacy report provides an overview of the issues discussed during calls from Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre prisoners and their loved ones to the Jail Accountability & Information Line (JAIL) during our second quarter (10 March […]
UPCOMING PRISONERS’ JUSTICE DAY 2019 EVENTS ON ALGONQUIN TERRITORY / IN OTTAWA ABOUT PRISONERS’ JUSTICE DAY (PJD) “PJD emerged as a prisoner-initiated day of non-violent strike action to commemorate the death of Eddie Nalon in […]
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