SMAAC: Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta Abolition Coalition

"A Warrior's Expression"

Read and listen to the poem "A Warrior's Expression" by poet and prisoner justice advocate, Cory Cardinal. On January 4, 2021, Cardinal organized a hunger strike of 90 prisoners to protest government indifference and negligence leading to COVID-19 outbreaks at Saskatoon jails. The poem is inspired by this experience. "A

Open Letter in Solidarity with Prisoners at Saskatchewan Jails

Open Letter in Solidarity with Prisoners at Saskatchewan Jails

We are a collective of community members, prisoner advocates, and penal abolitionists who stand in solidarity with prisoners at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre (SCC), Prince Albert Correctional Centre (PACC), Pine Grove Correctional Centre (PGCC), and Regina Correctional Centre (RCC). On January 4, 2020, incarcerated people across Saskatchewan united in a

An Open Letter in Solidarity with Prisoners at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre

An Open Letter in Solidarity with Prisoners at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre

We are a collective of community members, prisoner advocates, and penal abolitionists who stand in solidarity with prisoners at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre (SCC), where 130 people (107 prisoners; 23 staff) or roughly 20% of the population have tested positive for COVID-19 as of November 30, 2020. We are appalled

18 more stipends to raise for the Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund

18 more stipends to raise for the Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund

It’s the closing days for the Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund [https://ca.gofundme.com/f/prairie-province-prisoner-support-fund] that Free Lands, Free Peoples is distributing and there are a final 18 stipends to fundraise for. That’s $250 each for 18 recently- or soon-to-be-freed prisoners. Here’s a map [https:

Making Prisoners’ Justice Day international

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.

Queer resistance: Men Against Sexism (MAS)

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Queer resistance: Men Against Sexism (MAS)

Some of the stories of Men Against Sexism (MAS), a queer resistance/solidarity group inside Washington State Penitentiary

From Riots to COVID-19: Ongoing Resistance at Sask Pen

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

Origins of the Native Brotherhood/Sisterhood Movement

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

Hunger strikes against food service privatisation at Regina Correctional

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

Hunger strikes against mistreatment at Edmonton Remand

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

Riots at Headingley Correctional

prisoner justice history

Riots at Headingley Correctional

Prisoners at Headingley Correctional Centre in Manitoba rioted against reprehensible conditions

Riot at Portage Correctional

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.

Refusal to negotiate Treaty 1

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.

Origins of Prisoners’ Justice Day

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

SMAAC Presents: 10 Days of Prisoner Justice History

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 labour strikes, and more. On the outside, people gather in solidarity to hold events, raise awareness, and take action against

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 YXE, who recently released statements decrying

Talkin’ SMAAC livestream

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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNhhsqAAPLk] to see the live chat as it unfolded. Performers ecoaborijanelle [https://www.facebook.com/ecoaborijanelle] (Little