Action 4 | April 7-13
Call to Action: Take Immediate Action to End Illegal Lockdowns and Provide Community Support and Services to Keep People Out of Jail​
We call on the Government of Nova Scotia to indicate, without delay, what actions it is taking to respond to the ongoing unlawful violations of the health and human rights of individuals in provincial jails occurring in the form of ongoing “lockdowns”.  These responses must explain how government will ensure sufficient staff are available daily to permit prisoners 10-12 hours per day out of cell and access to legal and other visits and communications, services and programming.  
 Institutional Lockdowns Remand and Community Alternatives.
Join us on Thursday, April 11
6:30-8:30 PM AST
 Join our coalition's letter writing campaign to push for change and accountability in Nova Scotia
​PAST ACTIONS
March 15
Letter to Prime Ministers of Justice, Community Services and Health​
 Letter sent to the Premier and Ministers of Justice, Community Services and Health regarding recent facilities, conditions of confinement and the need to increase investment in community alternatives.
Action 1 | March 17-23
​Call to Action: Mandatory Public Inquiries for Deaths in Custody 
Speaker Series: Fatalities in NS Jails​
 Fatalities in Nova Scotia Jails and Limits of Nova Scotia Fatalities Investigations.
Join us on Thursday, March 21
6:30-8:30 PM AST
Weldon Law Building, Room W104
 Join our coalition's letter writing campaign to push for change and accountability in Nova Scotia
Action 2 | March 24-30
Call to Action: Take Immediate Action to Provide Community Based Housing and Health Supports and Services to Keep People Out of Jail​
 We are calling for more investment in community-based supportive alternatives to criminalization and policing responses to health and substance use problems.
​See this week's letter below 
Community Responses to Criminalized Individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use Issues.
Join us on Thursday, March 28
6:30-8:30 PM AST
 Join our coalition's letter writing campaign to push for change and accountability in Nova Scotia
Action 3 | March 31-April 6
Call to Action: Take Immediate Action to Provide Mental Health Programming and Support Inside Provincial Jails​
 The increase in prisoner deaths in recent years cannot be separated from ongoing unacceptably harsh conditions of confinement, including lockdown and a lack of mental health services and programming to support rehabilitation, release and reintegration.
​See this week's letter below 
Mental Health and Substances Use Issues: Unmet Needs in Nova Scotia Jails.
Join us on Thursday, April 4
6:30-8:30 PM AST
 Join our coalition's letter writing campaign to push for change and accountability in Nova Scotia
We are thankful to the Mi'kmaq peoples, in whose territories we live and work. 
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