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EAST COAST PRISON JUSTICE SOCIETY RAISES ALARM OVER INSTITUTIONAL LOCKDOWNS AT BURNSIDE
The East Coast Prison Justice Society operates a toll-free phone line for provincial prisoners in Nova Scotia. While we have previously raised concerns about institutional lockdowns, we continue to receive reports of lengthy, recurrent unit-wide and/or facility-wide lockdowns at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (CNSCF, aka Burnside). We are increasingly concerned about prisoners' physical and mental health and wellbeing under these conditions → |
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March 28, 2023 | News Release: Indigenous man asks the Supreme Court to hear about unethical health care in prisons
March 7, 2023 | Press Release: ECPJS Visiting Committee Report on Conditions of Confinement in NS Provincial Jails
July 30, 2021 | Open Letter to the Leader of All Nova Scotia Political Parties
April 26, 2021 | COVID-19 risk mitigation in Nova Scotia’s provincial jails and mass preventative release
January 12, 2021 | Nova Scotia must protect human rights and reduce risks of COVID-19 in provincial jails
October 2020 | Nova Scotia Policing Policy Working Group releases report on 2020 Municipal Candidate Questionnaire, with results showing strong support for police reform in the HRM
The NS PPWG’s report is available and a spreadsheet with individual candidate responses organized by district is available below in the comments.
The NS PPWG’s report is available and a spreadsheet with individual candidate responses organized by district is available below in the comments.
