Vigils for ethical prison farms to be held outside Collins Bay Institution
Kingstonist, June 11, 2019
EOPF launches conflict of interest complaint
Contravention of multiple Conflict of Interest Act rules and "no discussion at the governmental or correctional level on the ethics of using prison labour to serve foreign economic interests."
Hugh Reilly Interviews Evolve Our Prison Farms
"If animals are at the core of the rehabilitative benefits then sanctuary is the only way to do that without involving prisoners in conflicted relationships with the animals."
Controversy As Canada Invests In Prisoner-Staffed Animal Agriculture
"The Government is set to move forward with the plans regardless of the inmates' opposition. Conditions will be less than ideal."
Non-Profit Fights to Stop Prison-Run Slaughterhouses
"These farms previously saw prisoners raising livestock for slaughter and even now, sees inmates working in onsite abattoirs. In terms of animal involvement, sanctuary is the only non-violent option."
Prison Farm Plans Raise Eyebrows and Red Flags
"In addition to inseminating goats, removing newborn kids and machine-milking mothers, prisoners will be trained in slaughtering and butchering animals from approximately 350 local farms."
The promise of animal sanctuary on prison farms
"The logic of animal husbandry dovetails with the logic of incarceration through confinement, coercion, and other forms of violence, creating a docile, controllable mass. It's time for a whole new beginning."
OPEN LETTERS
CANADA’S PRISONERS
"We care about you. The world is watching and the time has never been more right to see ethical shifts in our relationship to prisoners and rehabilitation, to animals, and to our environment."
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU
"A clear injustice is taking place. Reversing the prison goat dairy decision in favour of a non-exploitative and non-violent model will demonstrate consistency in your values as a justice-minded person."
COMMISSIONER DION
"Reporting contraventions of the Conflict of Interest Act as it applies to Minister Ralph Goodale and public office holders appointed to advise on the return of the prison farm program."
CSC COMMISSIONER KELLY
"The litany of abuse required by the goat dairy industry makes it manifestly unsuitable for rehabilitative programming. It is our hope that you will carefully consider the rehabilitative implications."
PRESIDENT XI JINPING
"We ask you with humility and conviction to urge Feihe International to cancel or refuse to sign any contract that sources milk from a Correctional Services of Canada program."
MINISTER RALPH GOODALE
"There is strong evidence that plant-based prison farms would be better for prisoners, animals and the environment. Let us not overlook previously unexplored possibilities for our prison farms."