TRIGGER WARNING – medium explicit content
Joint Effort has become aware of this situation unfolding at FVI and GVI. We stand with the prisoners who have been harmed and those rallying around them and are in solidarity with the actions that they want to take. Joint Effort is in the process of making contacts to figure out a response from those of us on the outside.
“It was a hard-won victory to have Inmate Committees set into law under Commissioner’s Directive 083, which establishes “a means for inmates to provide input regarding institutional operations.” It took a tragic riot at Kingston Penitentiary 50 years ago and a Commission of Inquiry before Inmate Committees were established as a means of improving conditions within correctional institutions. Progress like this is the reason incarcerated people can vote in Canada, why we have a Correctional Investigator, and why we have Inmate Committees in every penitentiary across Canada. The formation of an Ex-Inmate Committee is a natural next step to ensure a seat at the table not only inside institutions but outside as well.” Written by Kevin Belanger Former Inmate Committee Chairman Joyceville Institution JAU & JISMU 2009-2011 & 2018-202.
See proposal here: Voices on the Outside
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