New interview in “Prison Recipes By and For Incarcerated People”
Check-out this article in the Rover, discussing a new cookbook highlighting prison canteen recipes: https://therover.ca/prison-recipes-by-and-for-incarcerated-people/
New themed section on carceral food systems!
We’re thrilled to share a new themed section on carceral food systems is out, in Canadian Food Studies: Editorial: Exploring carceral food systems: Tensions, experiences and possibilities A.E Stearns, Amanda …
Reportback: Carceral Food Systems Summit
The Carceral Food System Summit brought together activists, scholars, community practitioners, and students working within food justice and prisoner justice spaces to share, connect and learn the various ways in …
New publication: Unpacking the Prison Food Paradox: Formerly Incarcerated Individuals’ Experience of Food within Federal Prisons in Canada
A new peer-reviewed article was recently published in the Studies in Social Justice Journal. Abstract: This paper presents findings from a survey conducted with formerly incarcerated individuals on their experiences …
New publication: “Eating is a hustle”: The complex realities of food in federal prison in Canadian Food Studies
Amanda Wilson, Julie Courchesne, Ghassan Zahran (2023). “Eating is a hustle”: The complex realities of food in federal prison. Canadian Food Studies 10(1), pp. 55-64. Co-authored by project team members …
New publication: Exploring Carceral Food Systems as Sites of Contestation and Possibility in Canadian Federal Prisons: The Food Services Modernization Initiative
Centering the perspectives and lived experiences of incarcerated persons, this article considers the ways food is used as a tool and site of contestation and possibility within federal prisons in …
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 …
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 …