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30th Annual
Prison Justice Day 2005



Highlights from the August 10, 2005 Prison Justice Day, memorial rally, in Trout Lake Park, Vancouver.
This was the 30th Annual Prison Justice Day, a day set aside to remember all those who have died unnatural deaths inside Canadian prisons.


Prison Justice Day 2005


August 10th is a day set aside each year when prisoners and supporters gather to honour the memory of the men and women who have died unnatural deaths inside of Canadian prisons. On August 10th, 1974, Eddie Nalon bled to death in a solitary confinement unit at Millhaven Maximum Security Prison near Kingston, Ontario, when the emergency call button in his cell failed to work. An inquest into his death found that the call buttons in that unit had been deactivated by the guards. In the year to follow, there was another death in this same unit. The call buttons had not been repaired. Prisoners at Millhaven mark the anniversary of these deaths by fasting and refusing to work.

What started as a one time event behind the walls of one prison has become a national day of solidarity. On this day, prisoners across the country fast, refuse to work, and remain in their cells, while supporters organize community events to draw attention to the conditions inside of prisons. Prisoner deaths from murder, suicide, and neglect, can and must be prevented.

For more information go to http://www.prisonjustice.ca


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Painted Pony 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 10:27

Painted Pony
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Introduction: Phyllis Iverson, Joint Effort 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 0:35

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Introduction 2: Phyllis Iverson, Joint Effort 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 6:09

Phyllis Iverson
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Eddie Rouse, Prison Justice Activist / "Lifer" on parole 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 7:48

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Dara Culhane, daughter of pioneer prison justice activist Clare Culhane 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 8:39

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Banner / Quilt 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 1:34

Banner
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Faith Nolan, Musician / Activist 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 4:15

Eddie Rouse
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Tom Elton, Prison Justice Activist / ex-Prisoner 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 9:43

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Betty Krawczyk, Environmental Activist / Author, ex-Prisoner 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 9:19

Tom Elton
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Wade Compton, Prison Justice Activist, Author, Poet 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 7:37

Wayne Compton
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