In its first 6 months, volunteers at the JAIL hotline took nearly 1,500 calls from people imprisoned at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, serving as a bridge to building community behind and beyond bars The Jail […]
Tens of thousands of Canadian children and their families are being systematically terrorized, threatened and deprived of their basic human rights at the whim of provincially-mandated child protection agencies, all of which are income-conscious private […]
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 […]
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Join us on Monday 8 April and hear the tragic story of Soleiman Faqiri, through a short documentary screening and talk by his brother Yusuf. Free and open to the public. https://www.facebook.com/events/640541009733562/ Soleiman was a […]
This quarterly advocacy report provides an overview of the issues discussed during 659 calls from Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre prisoners and their loved to the JAIL / Jail Accountability & Information Line during the first three […]
Join us for an open mic night hosted by the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP) and students in Carleton University’s Community Engaged Sociology (SOCI4170), to engage in performances and critical discussions around the impacts […]
El Jones, prison justice activist and Halifax poet laureate, will be giving a free public talk in downtown Ottawa on Monday night March 25. El will be speaking about prisoner resistance in Nova Scotia, and […]
Why: Eat delicious treats, while raising money to cover the costs of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project’s Jail Accountability and Information Line What: Bake sale Where: Faculty of Social Sciences (main entrance) When: Thursday, […]
#BellLetsTalkOCDC A DEMONSTRATION DEMANDING CHANGES TO THE BELL CANADA-OPERATED PHONE SYSTEM AT THE OTTAWA-CARLETON DETENTION CENTRE (OCDC) THAT IMPACTS THE MENTAL HEALTH OF PRISONERS AND THEIR LOVED ONES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019 12:15pm to 12:45pm […]
HAVE YOU OR ONE OF YOUR LOVED ONES BEEN INCARCERATED AT THE OTTAWA-CARLETON DETENTION CENTRE (OCDC)? Join CPEP for our #BellLetsTalkOCDC campaign video and photo shoot on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 between 11:30am and 5:30pm. […]
The first monthly report on the JAIL Hotline is available to be read, downloaded, and printed on our website. The report details the alarming number, and content of calls that the JAIL Hotline received in […]
Instead of receiving care and compassion for his schizophrenia in the community, Cas Geddes was jailed at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC), where he was placed in solitary confinement. Shortly after, he became the third […]
The Future of Solitary Confinement in Ontario and Canada: A Panel Discussion Thursday, November 22, 2018 4:00pm – 5:30pm Learning Crossroads (CRX) / 141 Louis Pasteur Room C020 University of Ottawa While there is legislation […]
The blog Tracking the Politics of Criminalization and Politics in Canada tracks and evaluates a series of “law and order” measures by the current federal government. It is written by the Criminalization and Punishment Education […]
Audio from CPEP/CCLA event on pre-trial detention (October 1, 2014)
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UPCOMING EVENT IN OTTAWA: PRISONER JUSTICE DAY Sunday August 10, 2014 Jack Purcell Community Centre 320 Jack Purcell Lane “August 10th is Prisoners Justice Day, a day in remembrance of everyone who has died at […]
CBC News: “A young suspect was told in bail court he could be thrown in jail for refusing to make his bed at home — one example of how unnecessary bail conditions are helping to clog up the provincial […]
<h3>The 2013-2014 Ontario Ombudsman Annual Report states that here were 416 complaints against OCDC in 2013-2014.</h3> The Report also highlights a specific case of cruelty: “In January 2013, an inmate at the Ottawa-Carleton detention Centre […]
Update: July 2 Meeting on Conditions at OCDC Thank you to all those who came to the public meeting on July 2, 2014 to discuss the ongoing campaign to fight for better conditions at OCDC. […]
Upcoming Public Meeting There will be a meeting to discuss strategies for action in the ongoing campaign to improve conditions at OCDC on Wednesday July 2 6:30 p.m. at The Bronson Centre (211 Bronson Ave). […]
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