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Prisoners’ Justice Day in Winnipeg: Fostering Life Through Abolition

PJD proves to not only be an occasion to demand better and humane living conditions for those surviving incarceration, but also to call out the inhumanity of prisons themselves.

8 min read - Published: 2 years ago

The Abolitionist Necessity: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Canadian Prison System

In 2012, Julie Bilotta went into labour while in a segregation cell at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. Instead of being provided with the necessary assistance to ensure a safe delivery...

4 min read - Published: 3 years ago

Abolition is Necessary to Address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Contained within the 16 Days of Activism against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence is the anniversary of Montreal’s École Polytechnique massacre on December 6, 1989. 31 years ago, 14 women were murdered by the white male terrorist Marc Lépine because they were women.

5 min read - Published: 3 years ago