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Jail Hotline

Event

CPEP Holiday Trivia Fundraiser!

November 30, 2020 admin

Join the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project for No Cops! No Jails! Holiday Trivia Night. This virtual Holiday Trivia Night is a fundraiser for the Jail Accountability & Information Line. Register for the event here: […]

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Event

EVENT: November 16th, Family Fun-Raiser for the JAIL Hotline

November 4, 2019 admin

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 […]

Report

REPORT: JAIL Hotline releases new report and recommendations

October 11, 2019 admin

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 […]

Open to Debate with David Moscrop - do we need prisons
Media

Audio: Members of CPEP and the JAIL Hotline sit down with David Moscrop

October 1, 2019 admin

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 […]

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Report

JAIL Hotline Releases 2nd Quarterly Report

August 9, 2019 admin

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 […]

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Campaign

Donate Online to the Jail Hotline and NOPE campaign online!

May 2, 2019 admin

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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Report

JAIL Hotline 1st Quarterly Advocacy Report, March 2019

March 22, 2019 admin

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 […]

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Report

JAIL Hotline 1st Monthly Report

January 11, 2019 admin

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 […]

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CPEP is a member of:

  • The Abolition Coalition
  • The Toronto Prisoners' Rights Project
  • Defund.ca
  • The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
  • The Healthcare for All National Coalition
  • Carceral Cultures Research Initiative
  • Carceral Studies Research Collective
  • The Ottawa Coalition For A People's Budget

ADDRESS:
The Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP)
University of Ottawa, Department of Criminology
120 University Private, room 14002
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1N 6N5

THE JAIL HOTLINE 613-567-JAIL(5245)
The Jail Accountability and Information Line takes calls from prisoners and their loved ones from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday.

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