Red – Prison Justice Network

newsletter (summer 2022)

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table of contents

reports from ‘inside’

The Mallard inmate newsletter, Mission (Medium), 1
https://penalpress.com/en/name/mallard

resources

Stark Raven radio show, 1
http://prisonjustice.ca/stark-raven
https://open.spotify.com/show/4RUonYoa5UkyA7e1Kytdf9

action calls

Rights, Regularization, Status for All, 3
https://migrantrights.ca/events/sep18
Free Maddesyn George, 3
https://freemaddesyn.com
Keep Letty, Andres, Isaias and Claudia Home, 3
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/letty-andres-isaias-claudia
https://sanctuarycityvan.com
grant Adriana and Alberto’s family permanent residence, 3
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/keep-adriana-and-alberto-home
https://gofundme.com/f/support-adriana-and-alberto
ban police street checks in BC, 4
https://act.bccla.org/banstreetchecks
Stop the violence against Wet’suwet’en land defenders: RCMP off the land, 4
https://leadnow.ca/RCMP-CGL
https://yintahaccess.com
No to a second extradition of Hassan Diab, 4
https://iclmg.ca/diab-letter (inside “Canada”)
https://iclmg.ca/diab-letter-intl (outside “Canada”)
allow workers of all skill levels permanent residency, 4
https://migrantrights.ca/take-action/permanent-resident-status
Free Jack Letts and 43 Canadian Kids, Women and Men in Syria, 4
https://change.org/p/children-forced-to-eat-sand-sign-to-free-jack-letts-43-canadian-kids-women-men-in-syria
Write to Canadian diplomat regarding human rights defender Salah Hammouri
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/write-to-canadian-diplomat-regarding-human-rights-defender-salah-hammouri
Justice for Salah, – العدالة لصلاح , 5
https://justiceforsalah.net

#Free Brittany Martin, 5

https://chng.it/YXv5vBYSz9
clemency to Leonard Peltier, 5
https://change.org/p/joe-biden-leonard-peltier-has-covid-46-years-in-prison-hospitalize-and-free-him-now
https://whoisleonardpeltier.info
Close Gauntánamo, 5
https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/96987/action/1
Ban Weaponized Drones, 5
https://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6180
Art Project by Oso Blanco, 6
https://freeosoblanco.org/art

news

Prison Justice Day (Aug 10) videos, 6
https://fb.me/prisonjusticevan
https://breachmedia.ca/prisonerjustice2022
BC RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) sued, 6
https://aptnnews.ca/tag/c-irg
fund initiatives for Indigenous-run alternatives to prison, 6
https://prisonjustice.org/letter-to-premier-horgan-calling-on-bc-to-fund-initiatives-for-indigenous-run-alternatives-to-prison
US Guilty Of Genocide! Proceedings of the International Tribunal on US Human Rights Abuses Against Black, Brown, and Indigenous Peoples, 6
https://tribunal2021.com/full-final-verdict
“About the People” podcast, 6
https://twitter.com/_AboutThePeople
BC ending immigration detention arrangement with CBSA, citing human rights, 7
https://cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cbsa-immigration-detention-ending-1.6528001
Join the call to other provinces, 6
http://welcometo-canada.org
Theatre in the Pen: New theatre program in Prince George helps inmates find their voice, 7
https://cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/theatre-in-the-pen-prince-george-1.6521399
prisons (not prisoners) routinely break the law, 8
https://sencanada.ca/media/lbcaty5i/220513_honkimpate_final2-med_res.pdf
exclusion of federal prisoners from the definition of ‘insured person,’ 8
https://johnhoward.ca/canada-health-act
Protect the Rights of Trans Prisoners, 8
https://caefs.ca/public-statement-and-call-for-action-advocates-call-on-government-and-csc-to-act-to-protect-the-rights-of-trans-prisoners
new policy proposals could set [Trans] rights back even more, 8
https://xtramagazine.com/power/trans-prisoners-canada-legal-fights-209961
Alberta Police Misconduct Database, 9
https://policemisconductdatabase.ca
Police fight against defunding, showing their true colours, 9
https://theconversation.com/thin-skinned-blue-line-police-fight-against-defunding-showing-their-true-colours-183784
Police see major budget increases despite majority support for defunding, 9
https://breachmedia.ca/police-see-major-budget-increases-despite-majority-support-for-defunding
Police Intervention Program … Targeting Minors and Indigenous Women, 9
https://breachmedia.ca/terrifying-canadas-police-going-all-in-on-pre-crime-intervention
Truth Never Mattered at Guantánamo, 9
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/11/the-truth-never-mattered-at-guantanamo
sudden silencing of Guantanamo’s artists, 9
https://bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62399826
released Palestinian prisoner Khitam Saafin, 9
https://english.palinfo.com/51005

inspiration

#Justice For Jared, 10

https://indiginews.com/vancouver-island/one-year-after-rcmp-killed-wetsuweten-man-jared-loved-ones-push-for-justice
Defund [Police], 604 network, 10
https://fb.me/defund604network
https://defund.ca
hear directly from previously incarcerated people, 10
https://youtu.be/watch?v=gNZPw25Dr5s
Abolition Coalition syllabus, 10
https://noprisons.ca/abolition-syllabus-2022
three trans women, Cedar, Moka Dawkins, and Tami Starlight about prison, 11
https://p4wmemorialcollective.com/cedar
https://p4wmemorialcollective.com/mokadawkins
https://p4wmemorialcollective.com/tamistarlight
protect the rights and freedoms of gender identity and expression, 11
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/protect-bill-c-16
Indigenous Prison Arts and Education Project, 11
https://ualberta.ca/native-studies/research/indigenous-prison-arts–education-program-ipaep.html
Coalition for Justice and Human Rights, Edmonton, 11
https://fb.me/coalition4justiceandhr
Alberta Prison Justice Society, 11
https://albertaprisonjusti.wixsite.com/website
Palestinian Jerusalema dance challenge video, 11
https://youtu.be/watch?v=kbuJ61WBdpo
Migrant Farmworkers in Canada Demand Status For All!, 12
https://cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jamaican-migrant-workers-open-letter-1.6557678
Why Canada Must Stop Funding the Philippine Counter-terrorism Campaign, 12
https://ichrpcanada.org/2022/05/18/why-canada-must-stop-funding-the-philippine-counter-terrorism-campaign
World Without Prisons, 12
https://worldwithoutprisons.org
https://twitter.com/withoutprisons
Mass Action Against Police Brutality, 13
http://maapb.org
No Police Military Base in Weelaunee Forest, 13
https://stopcop.city
dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline, 13
https://dignityinschools.org
Clinic to get your record expunged, 13
https://neighborprogram.org
Open Arms Lifeguard Sea Rescue, 13
https://openarms.es/en
Virtual Palestine tours, 13
https://eyewitnesspalestine.org/virtual-delegations
Movement of Victims of the Regime (MOVIR), El Salvador, 13
https://fb.me/movirsv
Association of Families of the Detained/Disappeared of Guatemala, 13
https://fb.me/FAMDEGUAG

publications

newsletter (summer 2020)

click here for resources, calls to action, news, inspiration, and publications by, for, & with prisoners/detainees!
Table of Contents
events
Prison Justice Day Memorial Aug 10 (6-8pm) Trout Lake, Vancouver (Claire Culhane memorial bench), 1
https://facebook.com/events/750663738837338
Joy James (author of Resisting State Violence) talk July 30, 22
https://actionnetwork.org/events/fypu-joy-james
https://fuc-series.org
Stark Raven radio show Aug 3/Sept 7/Oct 5 (7-8pm), 2
http://prisonjustice.ca/stark-raven
resources
phone number for people incarcerated in Alouette to call, 1
info@spartacusbooks.net
Coming Together Vancouver, 1
https://comingtogethervancouver.org
Downtown Eastside Response, 2
https://dtesresponse.ca
Who To Call Instead Of 911: BC Version, 25
https://i.redd.it/0llzn3607z751.jpg
calls to action
COVID 19 TV Donations, 1
https://lincsociety.bc.ca
Sign ‘Contain Covid-19, Not People’, 3
https://change.org/p/give-ontario-prisoners-access-to-free-phone-calls/u/25992231
Defund the Vancouver Police, 3
https://instagram.com/defundvpd
Sign to ban police street checks in BC, 3
https://act.bccla.org/banstreetchecks
End policing in Vancouver schools, 3
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdw7TzWwlzUCAdBTAewwwckxjwuYOb9uwUeFyFZv14_vRAOBg/viewform?fbzx=-8967389605019866402
Ban police use of facial recognition technology, 3
https://action.openmedia.org/page/63295/petition/1
Support demands of Maplehurst (Milton) hunger strikers, 12
https://docs.google.com/document/u/5/d/e/2PACX-1vRYJk6j0OLoGQvzb95gW4Yw7QM1W5uQ8oyEVtZjosKWlAdBj6bBthpEIXD2nGB9jqMExZ9ccXxH-i1Q/pub
Demand status now for migrants, 3
https://harvestingfreedom.org/2020/06/18/four-ways-you-can-take-action-in-support-of-farm-workers-demands-for-dignity
Denounce tracking bracelets on migrants, 4
https://solidarityacrossborders.org/en/tracking-bracelets
Sign to bring Abdulrahman home, 4
https://bringabdulhome.ca
Support people in Kashmir including free all political prisoners, 4
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-2607
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canadian-government-urged-to-hold-india-accountable-in-regard-to-grave-situation-in-occupied-kashmir
news
Call for inquest into death at Mission from covid-19, 4
https://bccla.org/news/2020/04/thirty-eight-rights-groups-call-on-bcs-chief-coroner-to-direct-immediate-public-inquest-into-death-in-corrections-custody
Lawsuit from Mission against CSC, 4
https://noprisons.ca/federal
Lawsuit from Joliette against CSC, 4
https://noprisons.ca/federal
Petition for Collins Bay release, 4
https://noprisons.ca/federal
Prison Is A Death Sentence events, 5
https://springmag.ca/prison-is-a-death-sentence
Hunger strike Lindsay “super jail”, 5
https://facebook.com/TorontoPrisonersRightsProject/posts/171879661018615
Hunger strike OCDC in ON, 6
https://tpcp-canada.blogspot.com/2020/06/update-hunger-strike-ends-at-ocdc.html
Migrant farmworkers, 5
https://migrantworkersalliance.org/unheededwarnings
US prisoners and COVID-19, 6
https://propublica.org
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768249
Hunger Strike at NWDC in WA, 6
http://laresistencianw.org
AZ detainees file lawsuit, 6
https://firrp.org
Detainees strike against racism and abuses of healthcare, 7
https://www.ourprism.org/1952428
https://democracynow.org/2020/7/7/otay_mesa_covid_outbreak
WA farmworkers win strikes, 7
http://familiasunidasjusticia.org
inspiration
Noise demos at prisons, 8
https://fb.me/prisonjusticevan
Solidarity at Bordeaux, 9
https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/anti-carceral-group-organizes-noise-demonstration-outside-bordeaux-prison
Memorial at Bordeaux, 10
https://noprisons.ca/voices/may24
How Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project grew to 56 people, 11
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TXckQmgYK-s
https://torontoprisonersrightsproject.org
Decriminalize Seattle wins 50% cut to police budget, 12
https://decriminalizeseattle.com
publications
P4W Memorial and art, 12
https://www.modernfuel.org/files/Syphon%205.0_digital.pdf
https://p4wmemorialcollective.com
We Can’t Police the Pandemic dialogue videos, 13
https://youtube.com/channel/UCkH3byXyGKX0yAET_O9Iprg
Webinar videos, 14-16
https://facebook.com/TorontoPrisonersRightsProject/videos
or https://facebook.com/CSSDPRyerson/videos
Defunding Police and Prisons
A Wall is Just a Wall: Open Mic
Prison Is A Death Sentence
Indigenous Knowledge & Abolition
Supporting Those Left Inside
Censorship in Prisons webinar video
https://tpcp-canada.blogspot.com/2019/04/care-and-compassion-in-community-not.html
Black Liberation and Prison Abolition webinar video
https://facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1008665122881563
Learning Together (while staying apart): Online Events video links
https://haymarketbooks.org/blogs/124-learning-together-while-staying-apart-online-event-schedule
Decarceration from the US to Palestine
Abolition Can’t Wait: An Online Teach-in with #8toAbolition
A Stronger Desire to Live: PEN Prison Writing
Celebrating Juneteenth with Critical Resistance
The Fire This Time: The New Uprising Against Racism and Police Violence
with Marc Lamont Hill and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Abolish ICE is Not Just a Slogan: Immigrant Justice in the Age of
Coronavirus with John Washington and Justin Akers Chacón
Mutual Aid: Building Communities of Care During Crisis and Beyond with Mariame Kaba and more
On the Road with Abolition
Ruthie Wilson Gilmore with Naomi Murakawa
Sick of the System – new Ebook
https://btlbooks.com/book/sick-of-the-system
Never Go Back to Normal by Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity, 17
https://michiganabolition.org/2020/06/06/were-never-going-back-to-normal
Pandemic and prison in WA, 18
https://waprisonhistory.org/pandemic-prison
Defund police in “Canada”, 18-19
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/06/09/End-of-Policing
http://tiny.cc/defund-police-elearning
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/07/13/Locking-Youth-Up-After-Overdose-More-Harm
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/defund-police-canada-black-indigenous-lives_ca_5ed65eb2c5b6ccd7c56bdf7d
https://vice.com/en_ca/article/bv8med/racism-kills-in-canada-as-much-as-in-the-united-states
How to Support Harm Doers in Being Accountable video, 19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhANo6wzBAA
http://bcrw.barnard.edu/building-accountable-communities
#DefundPolice Toolkit
https://issuu.com/interruptingcriminalization/docs/defund_tooklit
Cancel Canada Day video with Idle No More, 22
https://facebook.com/IdleNoMoreCommunity/videos/608003983157857
Canada Day What? Fighting Colonialism & Anti-Black Racism, speakers Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Indigenous Climate Action) and El Jones (Black Power Hour https://ckdu.ca/shows/227), 22
https://facebook.com/MigrantRightsCA/videos/913957022455076
Uprising for Black Lives video, 20
https://haymarketbooks.org/blogs/173-sayhername-charleena-lyles-police-murder-and-the-uprising-for-black-lives
Ruth Wilson Gilmore, 20
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/racism-racialisation/transcript-conversation-ruth-wilson-gilmore
Solutions are with us, 21
https://nacla.org/blog/2020/05/14/opportunistic-border-logic-pandemic
Black political prisoners in US, 21
https://pageone.noblogs.org/files/2020/06/BL_PPzine5.pdf
https://thejerichomovement.com
Fire This Time video with Angela Y. Davis, Herman Gray, Gaye Theresa
Johnson, Robin D.G. Kelley, and Josh Kun, 22
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3I22E2Sezi8
Storming migrant detention, 22
https://trueleappress.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/168.-freeheartlandkids-miigrant-detention-center-stormed.pdf
Border militarization video, 22
https://tni.org/en/article/walls-must-fall
Black Lives Matter in prison, 23-24
https://halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/black-lives-matter-in-prison-too

Please donate to LINC for prisoners to have TVs

L.I.N.C. (Longterm Inmates Now In The Community) is fundraising for televisions for prisoners – please donate if you can

“Given the present conditions inside prisons, having a television can make a big difference in someone’s life. With all visits, ETA’s/UTA’s/Work Releases and programs suspended, having access to a T.V. means that an individual has more access to accurate information about COVID 19, and relief from the stress that sitting unoccupied in cells causes.” –LINC fundraising letter

Prison Justice Network updates Spring 2020

Click here to read – inside: resources, calls to action, news, and inspiration in these covid19 times by, for, & with prisoners/detainees!
Table Of Contents
calls to action
number for people in Alouette to call, 1
info@spartacusbooks.net
Solidarity and Resource Exchange on the Coast Salish Lands, 1
https://coda.io/@awsamuel/vancouver-mutual-aid
Downtown Eastside and COVID-19, 1
https://fb.me/DTESCOVID
WISH Drop In Centre, 1
https://twitter.com/WISHvancouver
STAND for Prison Justice: Students Taking A New Direction For Prison Justice, 1
https://fb.me/PrisonJusticeUBC
Criminalizing the Marginalized can Worsen the Crisis, 2
https://halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/we-face-a-public-health-emergency-and-criminalizing-the-marginalized-can-worsen-the-crisis
Demand PM, MP, MLA de-carcerate
https://cp-ep.org/nooneisdisposable
Land defenders continue, 3
https://twitter.com/Gidimten
Demand CBSA release detainees, 3
https://solidarityacrossborders.org/en/release-remaining-detainees
Stop the spread of racism, 3
https://stopthespread.ca
Ask PM to add aid for vulnerable, 4
https://www.cjpme.org/dont_forget
Denounce Colombian massacre, 4
https://afgj.salsalabs.org/nomoremassacresnomorecoronavirusincolombianprisons
Urge Turkey to release prisoners, 4
https://amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/turkey-covid-19-prisoners-release
Release Palestinian child detainees, 4
https://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/petition_israel_must_release_all_palestinian_child_detainees_amid_covid_19_pandemic
Sign letter on prison imperialism, 4
https://afgj.salsalabs.org/endorseopenletteroncoronavirusandusprisonimperialism
inspiration
Phone line for prisoners in Barton, 5
https://facebook.com/bartonsolidarityproject
news
Map of covid19 behind bars, 5
https://covid19behindbars.com
Lockdown at FVI, 5 & Mission, 19
https://globalnews.ca/news/6779699/coronavirus-mission-institution-cases
BC assessing early release, 6
https://vancouversun.com/news/covid-19-tensions-rising-in-crowded-b-c-jails
Okanagan prisoner has covid19, 6
https://castanet.net/news/Penticton/296249/Okanagan-Correctional-Centre-inmates-claim-COVID-19-case
Kent in virtual lockdown, 7
https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-dark-side-of-canadas-coronavirus-response
UBCIC demands release, 7
https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/open_letter_ubcic_demands_immediate_release_of_all_non_violent_offenders_as_part_of_covid_19
news (continued)
Bowden lockdown, 8
https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2020/03/20/covid-19-enters-the-canadian-prison-system
Prince Albert IWC organizing, 8
https://vice.com/en_ca/article/jge4yy/canadas-prisons-are-a-coronavirus-time-bomb-say-guards-and-inmates
Burnside prisoner interview, 8
https://halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/el-jones-interviews-a-prisoner-at-burnside-about-what-its-like-to-be-in-jail-during-a-pandemic
CSC considering early release, 9
https://cbc.ca/amp/1.5516664
Calls for urgent decarceration, 9
https://aptnnews.ca/2020/03/23/covid-19-pandemic-plan-needed-for-canadas-jails-and-prisons
Contain covid, not people video, 10
https://facebook.com/CSSDPRyerson/videos/691115248363665
From Burnside to Laval, 10
https://kersplebedeb.com/posts/from-burnside-to-laval-solidarity
https://nsadvocate.org/2020/03/28/press-release-coast-to-coast-support-for-migrant-detainees-on-hunger-strike-in-quebec-due-to-risks-of-covid-19-hungerstrikelaval
https://liguedesdroits.ca
Former detainee on Laval strike, 11
https://freecityradio.org/post/614149302725541888/mohammed-barry-on-lavalhungerstrike-during
Canada shuts out refugees, 12
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020/03/23/Shutting-Out-Refugees-Wrong-Wont-Make-Us-Safer
Can’t police way out of pandemic, 12
https://nowtoronto.com/news/coronavirus-we-cant-police-our-way-out-of-pandemic
Detainees’ hunger strike in WA, 13-14
http://laresistencianw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hunger-Strike-Press-Release.pdf
resistenciasolidarity@gmail.com
5 demands for federal prisons, 15
https://kersplebedeb.com/posts/covid-19-5-demands-for-federal-prisons
Prison strikes, 15
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZV_AkDIPHW7iYqQouIdfpEZsZ9w9zD_lr3Q6YB9LkT8
US federal prisons lockdown, 16
https://democracynow.org/2020/4/2/cruel_and_unusual_punishment_the_us
Nigeria groups demand release, 16
https://roape.net/2020/03/26/out-of-control-crisis-covid-19-and-capitalism-in-africa
Iran release prompts analysis, 16
https://jadaliyya.com/Details/40865
Contain covid19, not people, 17-18

Prison Justice Network newsletter 2020 Winter

Click here for the PJN newsletter 2020 Winter – PDF file (19 pages)

Prison Justice Network resources 2019 Spring

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

prisoner committees/support groups, 3-11
prisoner committees/support groups’ education, 11
prisoner committees/support groups’ publications, 12-16
prisoner letter writing, 16
books and librarians for prisoners, 16-19
de-criminalization, 19-20
alternatives to incarceration/apprehension, 20-22
release, 23-24
re-integration, 24
families/friends of prisoners/detainees, 24-25
justice for survivors/lives lost, 26-28
organizing by other groups, 28-42
radio/podcasts, 43-44
publications (not by prisoners’ committees/support groups) 44-48
resistance camps/caravans, 48
immigrant/migrant/refugee detainees/support groups, 48-52
education (not by prisoners’ committees/support groups), 52-53
food, 53-54
health, 54-56
youth, 57-59
counter-violence, 58-60
legal, 60-64
index, 65-68

(note: below are only geographically closest to us and in “canada” – please open PDF file for full 68-page listing)

PRISONER COMMITEES/SUPPORT GROUPS
Joint Effort
http://prisonjustice.ca/joint-effort
Prison Justice Day Committee Vancouver
http://prisonjustice.ca/pjd-committee
WHoS William Head On Stage
https://whonstage.weebly.com
Black Prisoners’ Caucus
http://blackprisonerscaucus.org
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee Seattle
https://seattleiwoc.net
Millhaven Lifers Liaison Group
https://opirgcarleton.org/millhaven-lifers-liaison-group
St. John’s Status of Women Council/Women’s Centre
https://sjwomenscentre.ca/tag/incarcerated-women
EDUCATION BY PRISONER COMMITEES/SUPPORT GROUPS
Walls to Bridges
http://wallstobridges.ca
T.E.A.C.H.
http://blackprisonerscaucus.org/teach
PUBLICATIONS BY PRISONER COMMITEES/SUPPORT GROUPS
Out of Bounds
http://penalpress.com/en/name/out-of-bounds
Ad Astra Comix
https://adastracomix.com
Cell Count
http://pasan.org/cell-count.html
Certain Days
http://certaindays.org
Class Action News
http://classactionnews.org
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
http://jpp.org
Kersplebedeb
https://leftwingbooks.net
Penal Press
http://penalpress.com
Women’s Prison Network
http://womensprisonnetwork.org
PRISONER LETTER WRITING
Prisoner Letter Writing
http://spartacusbooks.net/events
Prisoner Correspondence Project
https://prisonercorrespondenceproject.com
BOOKS AND LIBRARIANS FOR PRISONERS
Books 2 Prisoners
http://prisonjustice.ca/books-2-prisoners
Prison Project of Greater Edmonton Library Association
http://gela.ca/gela-prison-project
Prison Libraries Committee
http://mla.mb.ca/content/prison-libraries-committee
Books to Prisoners Ottawa
https://opirgcarleton.org/working-groups/books-2-prisoners
Open Door Books
https://opendoorbooks.wordpress.com
Books Beyond Bars
https://booksbeyondbars.wordpress.com
DE-CRIMINALIZATION
Communities Against Criminalization
https://facebook.com/againstcrimyyj
Anti-69
https://facebook.com/Anti69ers
Criminal Law and HIV Exposure Ontario Working Group
http://clhe.ca
ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION/APPREHENSION
Centre for Restorative Justice
http://sfu.ca/crj.html
Circle of Eagles
http://circleofeagles.com
Justice Program of Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Services
http://vatjss.com
Fearless R2W Circle of Support: MB Child Welfare Education and Advocacy
https://facebook.com/FearlessR2W
Church Council on Justice and Corrections
https://ccjc.ca
RELEASE
Stride
https://cjiwr.com/stride
RE-INTEGRATION
Unlocking the Gates
http://ccphe.ubc.ca/peer-health-mentoring
FAMILIES/FRIENDS OF PRISONERS/DETAINEES
Canadian Families and Corrections Network
https://cfcn-rcafd.org
Mothers Offering Mutual Support Ottawa
http://momsottawa.com
JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS/LIVES LOST
Red Women Rising
http://dewc.ca/resources/redwomenrising
Canadian Femicide Observatory
https://femicideincanada.ca
Deathscapes
https://deathscapes.org
Justice for Mohamed Harkat
http://justiceforharkat.com
Justice for Soleiman
https://twitter.com/justice4soli
Justice for Victims of Police Killings
https://facebook.com/justiceforvictimsofpolicekillings
Families of Sisters in Spirit Ottawa
https://facebook.com/fsismmiwg2s
It Starts With Us
http://itstartswithus-mmiw.com
ORGANIZING BY OTHER GROUPS
Vancouver Prison Justice Groups
https://facebook.com/prisonjusticevan
Letters For The Inside
https://sfpirg.ca/program/lfti
Rights Not Rescue
http://swanvancouver.ca/operation-northern-spotlight
Testify Indigenous
http://testifyindigenous.ca
No One Is Illegal
https://noii-van.resist.ca
Sanctuary Health Sanctuary City
http://sanctuarycityvan.com
South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy
https://sansad.org
Imagine No Kages
https://facebook.com/ImagineNoKages
Beyond Prison Walls Canada
http://beyondprisonwallscanada.wordpress.com
Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism
https://facebook.com/SCAR.Regina
STR8 UP
http://str8-up.ca
Bar None Winnipeg
https://barnoneblog.wordpress.com
Initiatives for Just Communities
https://initiativesjc.org
Animal Liberation Prisoner Support Toronto
https://facebook.com/animalliberationprisonersupporttoronto
Black Lives Matter – Toronto
http://blacklivesmatter.ca
Book Clubs For Inmates
http://bookclubsforinmates.com
Bridges Not Borders
https://bridgesnotborders.ca
Campaign for the Abolition of Solitary Confinement
http://abolishsolitary.ca
Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture
http://ccvt.org
Criminal Justice Reform of Federation of Black Canadians
https://fbcfcn.ca/opportunities/criminal-justice-reform
International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran
https://workers-iran.org
No Pride In Policing Coalition
https://facebook.com/NPiPC
Write On!
https://writeonprisoners.wixsite.com/writeon
End the Prison Industrial Complex
https://epic.noblogs.org
Criminalization and Punishment Education Project
http://tpcp-canada.blogspot.com
Criminalization and Punishment Education Project Ottawa
https://cp-ep.org
Prisoners United
http://prisonersunited.org
Canadian Council for Refugees
https://ccrweb.ca
Rap Battles 4 Social Justice
https://facebook.com/RapBattlesForSocialJustice
Solidarité sans frontières
http://solidarityacrossborders.org
East Coast Prison Justice Society
https://facebook.com/ECPJS
RADIO/PODCASTS
Stark Raven
http://prisonjustice.ca/stark-raven
Crackdown
http:// https://crackdownpod.com
Prison Radio
https://cfrcprisonradio.wordpress.com
Black Power Hour
https://ckdu.ca/shows/227
What Happened to Prisoner Justice Day?
http://prisonhistoryca.libsyn.com
PUBLICATIONS (not by prisoners’ committees/support groups)
Abolition
https://abolitionjournal.org
Police and Criminalization in Volcano
http://thevolcano.org/tag/police-criminalization
Voices: Indigenous Women on the Front Lines Speak
https://voicesfrontlines.com
Electromagnetic Print
https://electromagneticprint.com
Justice Behind the Walls
http://justicebehindthewalls.net
Brief History of Prisons and Resistance
https://itsgoingdown.org/author/bloc-party
Centre for Justice Exchange
https://justiceexchange.ca
First Light newsletter
http://ccvt.org/research-publication/publications
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
http://iclmg.ca
RESISTANCE CAMPS/CARAVANS
Unis’tot’en
https://unistoten.camp
IMMIGRANT/MIGRANT/REFUGEE DETAINEES/SUPPORT GROUPS
End Immigration Detention Network
https://endimmigrationdetention.com
NorthWest Detention Center Resistance
http://nwdcresistance.org
Pacific County Immigrant Support
https://pcisupport.org
Stop the Laval migrant prison
https://stopponslaprison.info
EDUCATION (not by prisoners’ committees/support groups)
Education Not Incarceration
https://facebook.com/EducationNotIncarceration
Literal Change
http://literalchange.com
FOOD
Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad
https://juustwa.org/call-to-support-tierra-y-libertad
HEALTH
BC College of Physicians and Surgeons must address ethical issues surrounding solitary confinement https://prisonjustice.org/bc-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-must-address-ethical-issues-surrounding-solitary-confinement-2
Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education
http://ccphe.ubc.ca
Operating in Darkness: BC’s Mental Health Act Detention System
https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/clastest/pages/1794/attachments/original/1527278723/CLAS_Operating_in_Darkness_November_2017.pdf
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
https://vandu.org
Canoe Journey Herbalists
https://facebook.com/canoejourneyherbalists
Disability Rights Washington
https://disabilityrightswa.org
Urban Indian Health Institute
https://uihi.org
Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault
https://coalitionagainstpsychiatricassault.wordpress.com
PASAN Prisoner HIV/AIDS Support Action Network
http:// http://pasan.org
Caring for Social Justice Collective
http://soignonslajusticesociale.ca
Trans Lifeline
https://translifeline.org
YOUTH
Amadeusz
http://amadeusz.ca
Criminal Justice work of Canadian Friends Service Committee
https://quakerservice.ca/our-work/justice
COUNTER-VIOLENCE
Clearing A Path: A Psychiatric Survivor Anti-Violence Framework
https://torontoantiviolencecoalition.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/clearing-a-path-dec-2015.pdf
October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality
http://october22.org
Third Eye Collective
http://thirdeyemontreal.com
LEGAL
Access Pro Bono
http://accessprobono.ca
Community Legal Assistance Society
http://clasbc.net
Indigenous Community Legal Clinic
http://allard.ubc.ca/iclc/indigenous-community-legal-clinic
Legal Services Society/Aboriginal Legal Aid in BC
https://lss.bc.ca
Pivot Legal Society
http://pivotlegal.org
Prisoners’ Legal Services
https://prisonjustice.org
Terminal City Legal Collective
http://terminalcitylegal.org
Criminal Justice Section of Canadian Bar Association
https://cba.org/Sections/Criminal-Justice

Prison Justice Network newsletter 2019 Winter

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events
Mar 27 (1-4pm) Prison Justice symposium KPU Surrey, page 1
until Mar 24 (Tues-Sun) Triangle Trade Surrey Art Gallery, p. 1
April 1, May 6, Jun 3 (7-8pm) Stark Raven co-op radio 100.5fm, p. 1
April 6, May 4, Jun 1 (3-5pm) Prisoner Letter Writing Spartacus Books, p. 1

calls
Sign Justice for Soleiman petition, p. 2
Write to immigrant detainee, p. 3
Sign Detained Migrant Solidarity petition, p. 3
Help launch investigation of prison abuses, pp. 3-4

news
2018 New Year’s Eve Noise Demo, p. 4
Prison volunteers’ security checks, p. 4
2018 Prison Strike, p. 4

publications
Cell Count health and harm reduction, p. 5
Penal Press, including Out of Bounds, p. 5
Chronicle of prisoner unrest, p. 5
Voices: Indigenous Women on the Front, p. 5
Mandu Ra comics, p. 6
The Opening Statement, p. 6

inspirations
Joint Effort with women prisoners, p. 6
PASAN health and harm reduction, p. 6
Stop the Laval migrant prison, p. 7
Afronautic Research Lab, p. 7
Black Prisoners’ Caucus, T.E.A.C.H., pp. 7-8
Incarcerated Workers Organizing, p. 7
Human Rights Coalition, p. 8
Planting Justice, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, 8
Prison Lives Matter, p. 8
Survived & Punished, pp. 8-9
“In The Spirit Of Nelson Mandela”, p. 9
People’s Prison Defense Committee, p. 9
Lucasville Amnesty, p. 9
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, p. 10
Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, p. 10
Lifers With Optimistic Progress, p. 10