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Category Archives: Local Prisoners
Report from #FreeThemAllCaravan in Kingston
On Sunday, April 19 EPIC and allies took up the call from Solidarity Across Borders for coast-to-coast caravans against imprisonment and for status for all. The tactic of vehicle demonstrations has emerged in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which … Continue reading
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Book Launch! Taking the Rap: Women Doing Time for Society’s Crimes
Taking the Rap: Women Doing Time for Society’s Crimes by Ann Hansen Book Launch at AKA Autonomous Social Centre – 75 Queen Street Thursday July 12, 7-9pm Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2045812105680675/ Through the looking glass into the Prison for Women (P4W) … Continue reading
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Under New Management: Resistance to Prisons in Ontario & Quebec
We’re excited to share this new article, interview and zine first published by It’s Going Down (Part I – Part II – Zine PDF) with a brief history to some resistance inside and outside prisons in Ontario and Quebec. Intro … Continue reading
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Pride Toronto has a prison problem
We’re happy to share an article recently published by Now Magazine that was written by Chester Abbotsbury, a pseudonymous ex-prisoner who has been an active contributor to various prison-related projects over the years including our newsletter Over the Wall. Take … Continue reading
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New Prison Farms Zine
We’re excited to announce “Reap What You Sow: Radicals Reflect on Kingston’s Save Our Prison Farms Campaign” a new zine from EPIC with diverse contributions from past and present collective members and friends. It is available for reading and printing … Continue reading
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“EPIC Moment” Talk & Reception
Wednesday, February 24th at 5pm Union Gallery, 1st Floor of Stauffer Library, Queen’s University Press Release here EPIC Moment features posters and a video screening of A Fly in the Ointment in support of prison justice and reform. The posters … Continue reading
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Winter 2015/2016 Newsletter Now Online
The Winter 2015/2016 edition of our newsletter “Over the Wall” is now available online. It features a piece by Nyki Kish about the criminalization of queer prisoners at Grand Valley Institution for Women; a reflection piece on Kingston’s Prison Justice Art … Continue reading
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Remembering Peter Collins
Peter Collins, artist, activist, dear friend and brother, passed away August 13, 2015. He is remembered for his work for justice, his creativity, his sense of humour, his kind heart and his unwavering integrity. Join us at a gathering in … Continue reading
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Terminally Ill Prisoner-Activist Peter Collins Needs Your Support
Please consider lending your support to this campaign to get compassionate release for Peter Collins, a prisoner at Bath Institution who has been heavily involved in prison justice struggles for three decades through artwork, advocacy and peer education. Details about … Continue reading
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Full Article: A Story For Prisoners Justice Day
An excerpt of this story was originally published in our newsletter Over the Wall, Issue 2 (Fall 2014). So today, Prisoners’ Justice Day 2014, I think back to the first Prisoners’ Justice Day I ever participated in, in 1980, and can’t … Continue reading
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