The pandemic has made clear the connections between sites of confinement and incarceration. Personal care homes, prisons, and institutions for disabled people have disproportionately experienced outbreaks, death, and long-term debilitation of incarcerated people.

After a year of brazen police violence and historical anti-police activism, Winnipeg’s city council is proposing an increase in funding for the WPS. WPCH is calling on City Council to immediately amend the 2021 preliminary budget to include a 10% reduction to the WPS operating budget.