You're invited to an online webinar this Thursday! Contain COVID-19, Not People: Advancing prison abolition during the public health crisis.
Date & Time: Thursday, March 26, 7-9 PM
How to Join: Watch the live stream on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/333829720906707/ or Zoom https://tinyurl.com/containcovidwebinar
The current COVID-19 pandemic has raised significant concerns for the health and safety of incarcerated people who cannot, as per public health recommendations, practice social distancing. Recognizing this and its implications for the broader objective of COVID containment, jurisdictions across the world, including in Canada, have begun implementing conditional releases for select institutionalized populations. That something purportedly unimaginable – decarceration – is now taking place in the name of public health and safety poses a potential point of leverage for thinking through the practical workings of abolitionist projects.
This panel brings together activists and frontline workers to discuss the relationship between health, incarceration, and abolition amidst the current crisis.
Panellists:
- Syrus Marcus-Ware, Black Lives Matter-Toronto
- El Jones, East Coast Prison Justice
- Lindsay Jennings, Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
- Souheil Benslimane, Criminalization and Punishment Education Project
- Dean Spade, Associate Prof at Seattle University School of Law
- Moderated by Jessica Evans, Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project
How to Join: Watch the live stream on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/333829720906707/ or Zoom https://tinyurl.com/containcovidwebinar
We hope you can join us for this important discussion and wishing you all the best,
Alannah Fricker