18 more stipends to raise for the Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund It’s the closing days for the Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund that Free Lands, Free Peoples is distributing and there are a final 18 stipends to fundraise for. That’
prisoner justice history Making Prisoners’ Justice Day international Since starting in Bath, Ontario, Canada in 1975, Prisoner’s Justice Day has become recognized around the world.
prisoner justice history Queer resistance: Men Against Sexism (MAS) Some of the stories of Men Against Sexism (MAS), a queer resistance/solidarity group inside Washington State Penitentiary
prisoner justice history From Riots to COVID-19: Ongoing Resistance at Sask Pen Saskatchewan Penitentiary is a site of carceral violence but also enduring resistance
prisoner justice history Origins of the Native Brotherhood/Sisterhood Movement The Native Brotherhood began in 1964 at Saskatchewan Penitentiary and soon spread to the other prairie provinces and finally to the rest of the country
prisoner justice history Hunger strikes against food service privatisation at Regina Correctional The Saskatchewan government under Brad Wall privatised food service in prisons, pushing imprisoned people to launch hunger strikes to condemn the substandard food
prisoner justice history Hunger strikes against mistreatment at Edmonton Remand Edmonton Remand Center is notorious for its mistreatment of imprisoned people but also legendary for how they fight back against that mistreatment
prisoner justice history Riots at Headingley Correctional Prisoners at Headingley Correctional Centre in Manitoba rioted against reprehensible conditions
prisoner justice history Riot at Portage Correctional April 14, 1946 imprisoned women at the jail in Portage la Prairie, MB staged a coordinated action to protest deplorable food and living conditions, abusive guards, and lack of medical care. 15 women refused to go to work.
prisoner justice history Refusal to negotiate Treaty 1 The Anishinabeg refused to negotiate Treaty 1 until the Crown immediately freed all Anishinabe people imprisoned at the fort.
prisoner justice history Origins of Prisoners’ Justice Day How the mistreatment and death of Eddie Nalon at Millhaven Penitentiary led to a hunger strike and work refusal in his honour and grew into Prisoners’ Justice Day
prisoner justice history SMAAC Presents: 10 Days of Prisoner Justice History Prisoners’ Justice Day is observed around the world every year on August 10th to commemorate all those who have died in prisons. Inside prisons, people hold memorials, organize hunger and
Statement of Solidarity with Evan Penner, Indigenous Joint Action Coalition, and Black Lives Matter YXE We are a coalition of penal abolitionists from across the prairie provinces who are committed to working towards life beyond the settler colonial violence of policing and prisons. We support and stand in solidarity with the Indigenous Joint Action Coalition and Black Lives Matter
Talkin’ SMAAC livestream Cory Cardinal’s audio was truncated during the livestream due to a technical failure, here’s the whole thing: Here’s the livestream; visit the YouTube page to see the
