The Dominion - Gord Campbell

Prison Farms Umbrella

Moira Peters — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:40:39 +0000

Environmentalists, unions, prison activists, former inmates and residents of prison farm communities have joined forces in opposing the closure of Canada's prison farms—and their rehabilitation programs, which have existed in Canada for over a century. photo by Gord Campbell [cc 2.0]

Super prisons breed violence

Tim McSorley — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:32:50 +0000

Prison farm blockade

Tim McSorley — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:29:29 +0000

Twenty-four people—including a 14-year-old girl and a great-grandmother—were arrested in early August when they tried to prevent the removal of a dairy herd from a Kingston prison farm.

Prison Farms FiR

Moira Peters — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:13:59 +0000

People near Kingston, ON, vowed to continue their acts of civil disobedience until the Canadian government withdraws its proposal to close prison farms. [cc 2.0]