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October 1st – Ending the Revolving Door of Pre-Trial Imprisonment

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Please share widely​ What? Panel on Racism, P Please share widely​ What? Panel on Racism, Police Violence, and Our Legal Action Against the Ottawa Police Services Board Speakers include: Yavar Hameed - Lawyer, Representing the Legal Action Against OPSB Atiya Husain - Professor of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University Sam Hersh - Community & Policial Organizer Based in Ottawa (Plaintiff) Robin Brown - Coordinator of the 613-819 Black Hub (Plaintiff) Helyeh Doutagi (Moderator) - Doctoral Candidate in Law & Legal Studies, Programming Coordinator of OPIRG-Carleton When? Monday, September 11th, at 11 AM to 1:00 PM EST Where? Fauteux Hall, University of Ottawa, Room 401 or on Zoom Register now at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qbwNWd2PSlaJ8jkjvcCeUQ#/registration
CPEP is proud to support @cappkemptville and thi CPEP is proud to support @cappkemptville and this event taking place on Nov. 3rd.   "@logan_staats & @trevoralguire Concert Fundraiser - #JoiningForces to Stop Ford's Kemptville Prison". Join forces with us. Get your tickets today at http://noprison.eventbrite.com  #SaveDontPaveFarmland #StopFordsKemptvillePrison #BuildCommunitiesNotCages
For Immediate Release: Ottawa residents take the O For Immediate Release: Ottawa residents take the Ottawa Police Services Board to court for violating their right to freedom of expression guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Full details on the image or in alt-text The plaintiffs will hold a panel discussion on September 11th at 11 a.m., at Fauteux Hall, University of Ottawa - Room 401 where they will discuss the lawsuit and answer questions from the public and media. The panel will feature Yavar Hameed, the legal representative for the case, as well as experts and activists. To register and attend online, click https://bit.ly./InTheFaceofPower
PRISONERS’ JUSTICE DAY TV 2023 WHO? Broadcast h PRISONERS’ JUSTICE DAY TV 2023 WHO? Broadcast hosts, Desmond Cole and El Jones, along with formerly imprisoned people and other community organizers from prisoners' justice organizing groups from across the country that collaborate together on initiatives to reduce the use and harms of incarceration as part of the Abolition Coalition. WHAT? The Abolition Coalition is once again organizing Prisoners' Justice Day (#PJD) TV on August 10th from 5:00pm to 10:00pm ET. The broadcast will feature live footage from local PJD events across the country, as well as interviews with criminalized people and community organizers to raise awareness about the violence of imprisonment and alternatives to human caging that enhance our collective well-being and safety. WHERE? Facebook Live - via the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project WHEN? Thursday, August 10, 2023 5:00pm-10:00pm ET WHY? Eddie Nalon died alone in a segregation cell in Millhaven maximum-security penitentiary located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on August 10th, 1974. A year later, Prisoners’ Justice Day was first observed by imprisoned people held in the same Canadian federal penitentiary who engaged in a one-day hunger and work strike in support of their demands to end solitary confinement and other injustices behind bars. Since then, PJD has been marked by people inside and outside prison walls across the world. As prisons continue to exist and kill, PJD events are once again taking place across the country on August 10th to commemorate the lives lost to human caging and to stand in solidarity with imprisoned people, along with their loved ones, who are demanding changes to save lives behind and beyond bars, including an end to solitary confinement and segregation-like measures that have become further entrenched during this age of disruption plagued by COVID-19, floods, forest fires and poor air quality, heat waves, and other preventable disasters.
Join us to say NO to caging and YES to building co Join us to say NO to caging and YES to building communities where people get the care they need. All you need to bring is yourself and any friends or coworkers who would like to join. We have lots of signs for folks to use so just bring your support and join us at this important event. August 10th 2023 Noon - 2pm 220 Elgin St Ottawa @the Human Rights Monument. #pjd2023 #abolishnow #buildcommunitiesnotcages #cagingkills #prisoners #justice #prisonjusticeday #prisonerrights #humanrights #solidatiry #freethemall #jail #prison #prisoner #stopprisonersabuse #prisonindustrialcomplex
For Immediate Release: Community groups organize d For Immediate Release: Community groups organize demonstration against state violence and a vigil to commemorate deaths in custody to honour Prisoners’ Justice Day on August 10th, 2023. Come out on Thursday from 12:00 (noon) to 2:00 PM at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights. Prisoners’ Justice Day emerged as a prisoner-initiated day of non-violent resistance to penal repression in commemoration of the death of Eddie Nalon who was left to die alone in the segregation unit of Millhaven maximum-security penitentiary on August 10th, 1974. PJD was first observed in 1975, and in 1976 the prisoners of Millhaven issued a communication calling for one-day hunger strikes in opposition to the use of solitary confinement and in support of prisoners’ rights in memory of Eddie Nalon and Robert Landers, who also died alone in solitary confinement. Concerned members of the community are encouraged to participate. Journalists are also welcome to attend. For comments or to arrange for media interviews contact: Ottawa Prisoners’ Justice Day Committee – pjdottawa@gmail.com Visit https://cp-ep.org/ for more information! #PJD2023 #PressRelease #Buildcommunitiesnotcages #PrisonersJustice #AbolitionNow
Last night @CPEPgroup and other community members Last night @CPEPgroup and other community members got together to make signs for the Prisoners' Justice Day | #PJD event taking place on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory | in #OttCity on August 10th from 12-2pm. For the local PJD event details, check-out: https://facebook.com/events/2232659423592559 To learn more about Prisoners' Justice Day | PJD, check-out: https://cp-ep.org/prisoners-justice-day/
Join us August 10th, 2023 to mark Prisoner's Justi Join us August 10th, 2023 to mark Prisoner's Justice Day. Noon to 2pm @The Human Rights Monument @ 220 Elgin St Ottawa. #prisonersjustice #prisonersjusticeday #prisoners #everylifematters #solidarity
**UPDATED RAFFLE INFO** The second annual ‘Propa **UPDATED RAFFLE INFO** The second annual ‘Propagations for Abolition’ event will take place at Arlington Five cafe on Saturday July 29th from 10am to 4pm. We will be raising funds for CPEP and Prisoners’ Justice Day initiatives on August 10th. 🌿 This event will feature the sale of a variety of plant cuttings, CPEP merch and Journals of Prisoners on Prisons. We will also have harm reduction supply available and provided by the Solidarity Alliance of People Who Use Drugs (SAPWUD). We will also be hosting a raffle featuring prizes from a variety of local artists and businesses. The raffle can be entered at any point up until July 30th, $5 per 1 entry. e-transfer to enter at jpp@uottawa.ca with the password: abolition - Please add PJD raffle as a message when sending. Prizes Include - $100 towards a tattoo from Theo @fleischchurch, @venusenvyottawa Surprise Bag, Abolition Tarot Card Linocut by @reinpress, Art by @coblou, Art by @minkpoor, Nous Savons Soap Bar @jacob_bleecker, Bag of @lulo.coffee,Editions of Prisoners on Prisons AND plant cuttings. We are also accepting plant propagation donations from the community! If you’d like to contribute plant donations you may drop them off at Arlington Five from July 11th to July 29th. We may be able to pick up donations if you are in the centretown area. #prisonersjusticeday
As members of the community in and around Algonqui As members of the community in and around Algonquin Territory/Ottawa, we are coming together in solidarity for a non-violent protest against state violence and a vigil to commemorate deaths behind bars in honor of Prisoners' Justice Day! Our goal is to bring attention to: 1) the harms of incarceration including the abuse, deaths, and inhumane treatment of people within prisons, jails and other carceral institutions 2) justice-seeking groups and work being done within our communities to support imprisoned people and end imprisonment as a response to social problems; 3) how to get involved to make transformative change and demand justice JOIN US AUGUST 10TH 2023 #cpepgroup #pjd #prisonersjusticeday #prisoners #justice #day #prisonersjustice #vigil #protest #solidarity #decarcerate #abolishionist
Prisoners' Justice Day is Thursday, August 10th, 2 Prisoners' Justice Day is Thursday, August 10th, 2023. We will be co-hosting an afternoon of actions at the Human Rights Monument on Algonquin Territory/Ottawa from 12:00 to 2:00 PM. #PrisonersJusticeDay2023 #PrisonersJustice #Solidarity #BuildCommunitiesNotCages
Shannon Sargent was a 34 year old Indigenous woman Shannon Sargent was a 34 year old Indigenous woman who died alone in a cell at Ocdc on July 20, 2016. Her death was determined to be a homicide by the jury at the coroner's inquest. NO ONE SHOULD DIE LIKE THIS! Shannon died because she did not receive the medical attention she clearly needed. No one should die like this simply because they are taken into custody. Hold the Ministry and Staff at ODCD accountable for this unnecessary death. Make sure they follow the 37 recommendations set out by the jury at this coroner's inquest. You can read more about Shannon, the inquest and their recommendations at: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/shannon-sargents-death-at-ottawa-carleton-detention-centre-was-a-homicide-jury-finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/shannon-sargent-homicide-coroner-inquest-ocdc-recommendations-1.6876715 #ocdc #caring #nocaging #caringnocaging #shannon #shannonsargent #sargent #coroner #inquest #homicide #wrongfuldeath #ottawacarleton #neglect #medicalneglect
#PolicingKills both people subject to policing (se #PolicingKills both people subject to policing (see the work of @trackinjustice at https://trackinginjustice.ca) and officers like OPP Sgt Eric Mueller who died earlier this morning. In troubling times like these, we must take stock of the human costs of punitive injustice and whether there are more effective, just and humane ways of trying to enhance community well-being and safety. #BuildCommunities
RALLY IN SUPPORT OF PRISONERS! JUSTICE FOR CHRISTO RALLY IN SUPPORT OF PRISONERS! JUSTICE FOR CHRISTOPHE LEWIS FRIDAY, MAY 12 @2PM NAPANEE COURT HOUSE 41 DUNDAS STREET WEST NAPANEE, ON * To coordinate rides from Ottawa, please DM @mother.of.four.daughters via Instagram * In 2012, Christophe Lewis was attacked by a group of guards at Millhaven Penitentiary. After over a decade fighting for accountability, the Crown finally charged a single guard out of the dozens of guards who viciously attacked Christophe. The trial began on January 5, 2023 and a verdict will be handed down on May 12, 2023 at 2pm. Christophe has not been contacted by the Crown or called as a witness. Christophe has had to hire his own representation to get basic information regarding the status of this case where he is the victim. This is a clear depiction of Kanada’s two difference justice systems. To add insult to injury, the state refuses to acknowledge the harm he experienced. JOIN US IN SUPPORTING CHRISTOPHE AND ALL PRISONERS HARMED BY THE STATE WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. LEARN MORE: freedomisamust.net @freedom_is_amust on Instagram
This Friday, we will celebrate Sarah by enjoying s This Friday, we will celebrate Sarah by enjoying some of her favourite food, music and people. Please feel free to join and share some of your memories with her. 💕
OUR FRIENDS @cappkemptville ARE IN COURT TODAY / M OUR FRIENDS @cappkemptville ARE IN COURT TODAY / MARCH 21 FROM 10AM-12PM - PLEASE JOIN THEM FOR THE ZOOM HEARING! Virtual access via: https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/68865501678?pwd=YXNDUHZHMTlCb0RxQi9ibFRSclYxdz09#success ALSO CHECK-OUT THE PRESS RELEASE. #AltText available at: https://www.facebook.com/CPEPgroup/photos/pcb.6162466627199579/6162462867199955/ #SaveDontPaveFarmland #StopTheKemptvillePrison #BuildCommunitiesNotCages #NOPE | No Ontario Prison Expansion #YES | Yes to the Environment & Sustainability
Tomorrow / March 21 at 10am ET, please join our fr Tomorrow / March 21 at 10am ET, please join our friends at @cappkemptville for their Superior Court of Justice hearing via Zoom (click on the QR code) considering the Ontario government's outrageous motion to dismiss a judicial review application seeking a prohibition order to stop the construction of a proposed provincial prison on the grounds of the former Kemptville Agricultural College! Learn more about the hearing and the fight to stop the so-called Eastern Ontario Correctional Complex from being built by checking out this media advisory with #AltText: https://www.facebook.com/CPEPgroup/photos/pcb.6160509450728630/6160508034062105/ #SaveDontPaveFarmland #StopTheKemptvillePrison #BuildCommunitiesNotCages #NOPE | No to Ontario Prison Expansion #YES | Yes to the Environment and Sustainability
Thank you to everyone who showed up to the candlel Thank you to everyone who showed up to the candlelight memorial and marched from parliament hill to the so-called peacekeeping monument to demand justice for Shidane Arone on the 30th anniversary of his torture and murder. Arone was murdered by members of the Canadian military in Somalia on March 16, 1993. We demanded housing, education, food, and peace not war! #notoimperialism #nojusticenopeace #abolishthemilitary #weremember
As collaborators of Sarah Speight (PhD Candidate, As collaborators of Sarah Speight (PhD Candidate, Geography, University of Ottawa), it is with deep regret that we inform the community that she passed away last weekend. Sarah will be remembered for her deep commitment to harm reduction and ending the war on drugs, organizing to diminish the use and harms of imprisonment, as well as preventing deaths in custody and working towards carceral abolition. As part of this work, she was in the process of writing her doctoral thesis tentatively entitled “Jails and Prisons Kill: Geographies of Inquest, Redress, and Injustice in Ontario”. As a tireless researcher and advocate, Sarah left a mark through her past work with the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project and the launch of the Jail Accountability & Information Line where she co-authored several reports and an article in the Journal of Law and Social Policy. As Dialogues Editor for the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, Sarah co-edited Volume 28, Number 2 of the journal on “Prison (In)justice in Canada at the Crossroads”. As a research assistant for the Prison Pandemic Partnership, Sarah curated the Prison Pandemic Papers and co-authored a recent article in the latest edition of the Canadian Yearbook on Human Rights entitled “The Prison in / as a Pandemic: Human Rights Implications of Carceral ‘Solutions’ in Response to COVID-19 in Canada”. As a researcher for the Tracking (In)Justice Project, Sarah recently co-authored a report entitled Ontario Deaths in Custody on the Rise. Sarah also co-authored numerous op-eds that have appeared in venues like the Ottawa Citizen, The Globe and Mail and The Conversation. These are just some of her contributions to many projects and initiatives in recent years. Sarah will be very much missed by her friends, peers, and collaborators. Details about a memorial that will be held on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory | in Ottawa to celebrate her life will be announced in the coming days.
OUR FRIENDS AT @cappkemptville ARE TAKING THE ONTA OUR FRIENDS AT @cappkemptville ARE TAKING THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT TO COURT - SAVE THE DATE! More details to follow. As many of you know, a judicial review concerning the matter of the proposed Kemptville prison has been launched. This legal battle is a huge step toward our goal of stopping the Ford government from bulldozing the former farm that was part of the Kemptville Agricultural College (located on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory) and building another ill-considered prison. Since the announcement of the prison in August 2020, the government's actions have shown us they do not care for the communities they're impacting with this poorly planned project - whether they be the residents of Kemptville or the human beings that will be imprisoned there if this site of human caging goes forward. They think they can do whatever they want, without hearing our voices. Let them know they are wrong! Come out and support the legal action against the proposed prison in Kemptville. Join us on March 21st at the Ottawa Courthouse. Let's show up in numbers and make our opposition visible in the courtroom! When: March 21, 2023 Where: Ottawa Courthouse FURTHER DETAILS TO COME! To learn more and/or donate to our legal fund, visit cappkemptville.ca Solidarity. #StopTheKemptvillePrison ‼️ #SaveDontPaveFarmland #BuildCommunitiesNotCages #NOPE | No to Ontario Prison Expansion #YES | Yes to the Environment and Sustainability
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