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A research project exploring food and food systems as sites of contestation within federal prisons in Canada.

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Op-ed: Trading public farmland in Kemptville for a new prison is the wrong move

Check-out our latest op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen, discussing the Ontario government’s plan to convert a portion of the former Kemptville College farm into a new prison. Read the piece …

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Food scholars publish open letter against paving farmlands for new prison

A group of food scholars across Canada have signed an open letter calling on Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Lisa Thompson, to stop a proposed land transfer …

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New campaign to stop conversion of farmland into prison

CAPP (Coalition Against the Proposed Prison) is a community campaign based in Kemptville organizing to prevent the construction of a new 235-bed provisional prison. The proposed site was previously home …

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New Report on Joyceville Abattoir: Bloody Bad Business

Evolve Our Prison Farms released a report in August 2021 detailing numerous problems with the Joyceville Abattoir. The report contends that both incarcerated individuals and animals are being harmed in …

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Food in Prisons is Downright Rotten – Social Media Graphics

Food is Prisons is downright rotten! People incarcerated in federal prisons in Canada and their advocates have long complained about the quality of food behind bars. In 2014, Correctional Services …

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New report on proposed prison farm project

In collaboration with Evolve our Prison Farms and Professor Amy Fitzgerald we’ve co-authored a new report examining the flawed plan put forward by Correctional Services Canada to re-open the prison …

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  • Reportback: Carceral Food Systems Summit
  • Call for Papers: Exploring Carceral Food Systems: Tensions, Experiences and Possibilities:
  • New video from Coalition Against the Proposed Prison
  • New publication: Unpacking the Prison Food Paradox: Formerly Incarcerated Individuals’ Experience of Food within Federal Prisons in Canada
  • New publication: “Eating is a hustle”: The complex realities of food in federal prison in Canadian Food Studies

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