PANEL: History & Current Struggles in Prisons in Canada
Prisoners' Justice Day Committee
Wild Learning
August 5, 2026 @ 18:00
1.5 hour
Teesri Dunya
251 Av des Pins O, Montreal, QC 148
Free event!
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Language
English, French
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Open to All
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Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Washrooms
Wheelchair accessible
Gender neutral
Masks encouraged
ASL interpretation
PANEL: History & Current Struggles in Prisons in Canada
Prisoners’ Justice Day is an annual day commemorating people who died in prison during the previous year. The tradition began at Millhaven Institution in Bath, Ontario, in 1975, with 11 demands, including the right to meaningful work with fair wages, the right to vote, open visits and correspondence, and more.
Since then, Prisoners’ Justice Day has spread across the country. This panel will introduce people who are interested in building solidarity with incarcerated people to the past and present of prisoner justice in so-called Canada, beginning with people who were at Millhaven in 1975 and continuing through the contemporary struggles of incarcerated people.