S.M. Innovator v1(1) - Fall 1995
- Name:S.M. Innovator v1(1)
- Date:Fall 1995
- Institution: Stony Mountain Institution
- Topics: Claire Culhane, Death Penalty/Capital Punishment, Educational or Vocational Training, Entertainment, Health-Physical, Parole-Conditional Release, Post-Carceral Issues, Prisoners’ Justice Day, Race & Ethnicity, Religion and Spirituality, Transfer between institutions, Views on Incarceration, Violence and Abuse of Power,
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Release Description:
SUMMARY: This newsletter includes encouragement for prisoners to further their education, thoughts on prisons as the true manufacturers of crime, how transfers keep prisoners away from their families, maintaining a multicultural environment in prison, misinformation about the effectiveness of the death penalty, and a suggested parole reform aimed at saving money. Included are reprints from news outlets on gun control policies, marijuana possession, and a noted decrease prisoners being granted parole.
KEYWORDS: Bill C-61, Inmate Welfare Committee, Peer Support Group Project
Coded by Bethany Sanjenko
LIST OF CODES: Claire Culhane, Death penalty/capital punishment, Educational or vocational training, Entertainment, Health – physical, Parole – conditional release, Post-carceral issues, Prisoners’ Justice Day, Race and ethnicity, Religion and spirituality, Transfers between institutions, Views on incarceration, Violence and abuse of power