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Prisoners Justice Day 2020 Media Round Up

August 12, 2020 admin

We have rounded up all the media, t-shirts, merch, artwork, poetry, articles, and support guides that we could find! We have interviews and commentary from all over Canada featuring people currently and formerly in jail, […]

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Prisoners’ Justice Day 2020 Events and Information

August 1, 2020 admin

This year Prisoners’ Justice Day will be accompanied by a new campaign called 10 Days of Abolition, which was created by the newly formed Abolition Coalition which spans many cities in Turtle Island. Our annual […]

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Prisoners’ Justice Day 2020 T-Shirt available for Pre-Order!

July 6, 2020 admin

This year’s design for the 2020 Prisoners’ Justice Day t-shirt is available now for pre-order! It includes a design by an artist who goes by Slick (an incarcerated person), and the logos of CPEP, The […]

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Prisoners’ Justice Day Events for July and August 2019

July 12, 2019 admin

This July and August, CPEP and The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons will be hosting multiple events happening in Ottawa to discuss, demonstrate, honor, and get ready for Prisoners’ Justice Day. Check out the information […]

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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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