Category Archives: PJD

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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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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Full Article: Address to Market Square

An excerpt of this statement was originally published in our newsletter Over the Wall, Issue 2 (Fall 2014). You can also listen to the original audio recording here. It’s safe to assume that other people have given a lengthy and detailed … Continue reading

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October 17th: Newsletter Launch and Punk Show!

EPIC Newsletter Launch and Punk Show Feat The Dead Sparrows, Police Funeral & Crazy Bomber Friday, October 17th, 7:00pm – 11:00pm Sleepless Goat Cafe, 91 Princess Street All Ages/Pay What You Can Over The Wall is a print newsletter based … Continue reading

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PJD 2014 Audio

Thanks to everyone who contributed to and participated in marking this year’s Prisoners Justice Day in Kingston. To listen to the full CFRC 101.9fm broadcast, you can access the archives here. Here is a rundown of what is available: August … Continue reading

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Prisoners Justice Day 2014

Prisoners Justice Day Rally and Vigil August 10, 2014 at 11:00am Market Square (north side on Brock St) August 10th is a day set aside to remember all people who have died unnatural deaths inside Canadian prisons. Prisoners refuse to … Continue reading

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Analysis of PJD Documents

New documents released by the Information Transparency Project give readers a glimpse into the preparations made by the Correctional Service Canada for an attempted construction shutdown at Collins Bay Institution for Prisoners Justice Day on August 10, 2012. The heavily-redacted … Continue reading

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Displaced, Disturbed and Disrupted: Statement from Collins Bay Inmate Committee

Download an mp3 of an interview with Collins Bay Inmate Committee member Jarrod Shook broadcasted for CFRC 101.9 FM’s Prisoners Justice Day program. Displaced, Disturbed and Disrupted Statement by the Collins Bay Inmate Committee August 2013 Note: Members of the … Continue reading

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Prisoners’ Justice Day 2013 in Kingston

Update: Our location has changed. Come find us on King Street next to Market Square. August 10th is Prisoners’ Justice Day In 1975, at Millhaven Institution, prisoners inside refused food and work to protest their conditions, and to commemorate those … Continue reading

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