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Event

Free Them All – National Day of Action Ottawa

March 16, 2021 admin

Updated With Video of the Entire Event! WE ARE TAKING TO THE STREETS TO DEMAND ACTION! March 20 marks one year since the first prisoner in Canada contracted COVID-19 at the Toronto South Detention Centre. […]

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Sign the Open Letter to Contain Covid Not People

February 1, 2021 admin

We urge you to take action. We need to protect the health and lives of prisoners because it is a legal obligation, protects public health, enhances community safety, and is the right thing to do. […]

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News

OCDC Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike

June 3, 2020 admin

A hunger strike began on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 8am in the men’s maximum security unit of the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. 14 men are participating and they have asked that we share the reasons […]

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Robert Langevin Dies of COVID-19 Behind Bars

May 23, 2020 admin

22 May 2020 – The Abolition Coalition would like to express our most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of Robert Langevin, a 72-year-old human being who died of COVID-19 while held captive […]

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