The Gabber Express - October 13, 2015
- Name:The Gabber Express
- Date:October 13, 2015
- Institution: Mission Medium Security Institution
- Topics: Aboriginal Prisoners, Community In-Reach, Correctional Policies, Educational or Vocational Training, Environmental Issues, Health-Physical, Human Rights, Mental Health, Miscellaneous, Penal Reforms, Prisoner Struggles, Race & Ethnicity, Religion and Spirituality, Special Handling Units- Solitary Confinement-Segregation Units-Administrative Segregation, Views on Incarceration, Violence and Abuse of Power,
- Release Description:
This issue includes hand-written messages by prisoners of their thoughts on Prisoners’ Justice Day, an article about why organized crime prospers, a comment on the death of Edward Snowshoe, a critique of limited library access, and articles about transgender prisoners. Also included is a commentary on the government of Canada’s apology to aboriginal peoples, a piece on Christian ministries, a list of bills that received royal assent under Stephen Harper’s government, and a piece on the tar sands. There is an article on “living wage” campaigns, a piece on correctional officers voting “anything but Conservative, and also many poetry pieces.
Keywords: Prisoners’ Justice Day, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, RCAP, M2/W2, Union of Canadian Correctional Officers
Coded by Kate Garrett.