Dispatches from Ontario Prisons
Introduction: Welcome to The Peak’s Summer Issue, Dispatches From Ontario Prisons. We’ve solicited writing and art from prisoners around Ontario, and we’ve received an incredible response from people currently incarcerated. Throughout the production…
Living Dead
By C.W. Michael Long ago my brother and I were playing in a sandbox when we discovered a bat under the wooden seat. A neighbour extracted the bat and held it up by…
C.S.C: Common Sense Cancelled, Not Correctional Service of Canada
By Bill O’Sullivan, #948071-b Trigger warning: this article deals with rape and childhood sexual abuse Let’s say – a family member has a problem. I’m sure if they come to you with this…
Certain Days Calender Collective
It has become a cliché to say that we live in interesting times, but at this moment in history it is undeniably true. While the cracks in the walls of this unjust system…
Running Down The Walls
The Beginning Of A Revolutionary Tradition Running Down The Walls (RDTW) Yes, run down the walls! Everyday I pray for revolution and freedom. But this is no small matter. The Animals-Earth Mother-Natives and…
Call Out for Prisoner Justice Day Demo in Kingston
August 10th is Prisoners’ Justice Day, a day in remembrance of all of those who have died at the hands of the prison system. Prisoners fast and refuse work on this day, while outside the walls organizations and individuals demonstrate in solidarity. We…
A letter to Construction Workers at Collins Bay and Frontenac Institutions.
End the Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC) is a Kingston-based prison abolition group. We have been organizing resistance to prison expansion for the past two years. August 10th is internationally known as Prisoners’ Justice…
EPIC Fights Prison Expansion
By members of EPIC In recent years, the Conservatives have forced sweeping changes on the way that criminal law and prisons function in Canada. Even though crime rates continue to fall, the Tories…
Timeline of Events Impacting the Prison Situation in Kingston
October 2007: Federal government publishes and endorses “A Roadmap to Strengthening Public Safety,” a blueprint for the complete overhaul of the federal prison system. Review is chaired by Rob Sampson, who oversaw Canada’s…
EPIC
End The Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC) is a group of prison abolitionists based in Kingston, Ontario. Right now, a lot of our energy is focused on opposing new prisons that are being built…
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