EVOLVE OUR PRISON FARMS
The Correctional Service of Canada is introducing a new prison farm program using prison labour to commercially farm cows and thousands of goats for the private sector, in violation of human rights and trade laws. All of the milk produced in the prison program will be sold to the public.
Evolve Our Prison Farms emerged in 2016 as a project by academics and community members proposing ethical prison farm models and highlighting concerns over the potential for exploitation. With the 2018 announcement that the new penitentiary agribusiness would compete in commercial dairy markets, Evolve shifted its focus to investigating and documenting Canada’s prison farm story.
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