Con.T.A.C.T. - 1979
- Name:Con.T.A.C.T.
- Date:1979
- Institution: Collins Bay Institution
- Topics: Community In-Reach, Crime and Criminality, Death Penalty/Capital Punishment, Mental Health, Miscellaneous, Parole-Conditional Release, Post-Carceral Issues, Prisoner Struggles, Transfer between institutions, Views on Incarceration,
Release description:
In addition to an editorial on the establishment of a Prisoner Information Service, this issue contains pieces on the 3rd Annual Exceptional People’s Olympiad, crises in Canadian prisons, and conjugal visits in Mississippi. Also included is a very in-depth Inmate’s Grievance Manual, questions to and answers from the Parole Board, facts about the death penalty, and an opinion piece on the “creation” of a criminal. Poetry and sports sections are also included.
Keywords: Prisoner’s Information Service, Classification Officer, Inmate Grievance Committee, Temporary Absences, Day Parole, Special Corrections Unit (S.C.U.),
Coded by Kate Garrett