INTRODUCTION FROM THE SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS
Still Writing and Fighting to Reduce the Footprint
and Harm of the Canadian Carceral State
Sarah Speight, Jarrod Shook, Justin Piché and Kevin Walby ..................1
CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE ON THE CANADIAN CARCERAL STATE DISPATCHES FROM FEDERALLY SENTENCED PRISONERS
Lessons from Prison
Anonymous .............................................................................................42
To Whom it May Concern:
Frustrated and Desperate
Conan Moody .........................................................................................56
Education in Prison?
Nicholas Bakolias...................................................................................61
Disproportionate Sense of Duty and Honour
Norman A. Bristol...................................................................................64
Call to Action
Paul Drennan .........................................................................................66
Ya Gotta Keep Your Head Up: Rebuilding Self-Confidence and Self-Worth
in Prison with Rock-Bottom Resiliency.....................................................71
Why Are We Inside?
Anonymous Prisoner 1 ...........................................................................79
LE RAPPORT DARCHAMBAULT /THE ARCHAMBAULT REPORT
Plus le temps passe, plus les conditions d’incarcération empirent
Francis Beauchamp................................................................................84
Archambault : On s’en va où?
François Hagan......................................................................................88
Une lettre ouverte
Mr. Hope .................................................................................................91
Une lettre ouverte à un ami
Léo Lévesque ..........................................................................................97
L’état des choses à Archambault et pistes prometteuses
Mario Lussier .........................................................................................99
Appel à l’action
Marvin Ouimet......................................................................................104
Un aperçu des problèmes du système pénitentiaire
Vallerand Ghislain................................................................................107
Life Sentences Are Evil
Anonymous Concerned Convict ...........................................................111
Expand Opportunities, Make Communities Safer
Anonymous Prisoner 2 .........................................................................113
Questions
Anonymous Prisoner 3 .........................................................................115
Can Lifers Make Amends?
Anonymous Prisoner 4 .........................................................................117
The Other Death Penalty in Canada?
Convict 777...........................................................................................119
Towards Redress and Rehabilitation in Canada’s Federal Penitentiary System
Desperately Seeking a Chance .............................................................121
Real Problems Require Real Change
G.S. .......................................................................................................123
Life Within the Confines of CSC Institutions
Justin Joseph Germa ............................................................................124
The View from the Margins
Paul.......................................................................................................127
Ici
S.K. .......................................................................................................128
A Few Reflections from Archambault Institution
Vincenzo Armeni ...................................................................................130
On Life Sentences
S.A.........................................................................................................132
A Correctional Plan for the Canadian Federal Penitentiary System
Tommy Bassio .......................................................................................134
What Will You Do?
Anonymous Whistleblower ...................................................................142
RESPONSE
Continuing the Dialogue on the Canadian Carceral State
Jarrod Shook.........................................................................................148
PRISONERS’ STRUGGLES
Str8UP Inspired: Creating Community and Art at the Intersection of Parenthood and Incarceration
Jillian Baker .........................................................................................165
The Art of Justice
Vicki Chartrand and Emily Lampron ...................................................171
Supporting Prisoners Through Correspondence
Write ON!..............................................................................................175
BOOK REVIEWS
Wasted Time by Edward Hertrich
Toronto: Dundurn Press (2019), 288pp.
Reviewed by Melissa Munn ..................................................................176
Available Titles and Call for Book Reviews:
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons...........................................................179
UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUES – CALLS FOR PAPERS
Desistance, Social Justice and Lived Experience
Katharina Maier, Rosemary Ricciardelli and Shadd Maruna..............182
25 Years of Convict Criminology
Grant Tietjen, J. Renee Trombley and Alison Cox................................184
Anti-colonial Carceral Abolition
Thalia Anthony, Vicki Chartrand and Tracey McIntosh Ngāi Tūhoe ...185
Walls to Bridges
Shoshanna Pollack and Christine Mayor.............................................189
Homelessness and Incarceration
Erin Dej and Dale Spencer...................................................................192
COVER ART
“Canada’s Aboriginal Strategy” (front cover)
Peter Collins
2012 ......................................................................................................194
“Racism Canada” (back cover)
Peter Collins
2011 ......................................................................................................194
