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33nd Annual
Prison Justice Day 2008



Highlights from the August 10, 2008 Prison Justice Day memorial rally at Trout Lake Park in East Vancouver.
This was the 32st Annual Prison Justice Day, a day set aside to remember all those who have died unnatural deaths inside Canadian prisons.


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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.
audience 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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Phyllis Iverson, Joint Effort - T'uy'tanat (Cease Wyss), Squamish Nation 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 5:41

Cease Wyse

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Betty Krawczyk, activist, author, ex-prisoner 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 14:47

Betty Krawczyk

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Eddie Rouse, lifer, West Coast Prison Justice Society, Newpage Foundation 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 12:44

Eddie Rouse

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Painted Pony, drum group 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 8:23

Painted Pony

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Adriaan de Vries, director BCPWA Prison Outreach Program 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 9:33

Adriaan de Vries

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Daryl Clark, St Leonards Society of Canada, Lifeline 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 2:29

Daryl Clark

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Beverly Lightfoot, Cree Nation and Ring Stonechild 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 3:23

Beverly Lightfoot & Ring Stonechild

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Seis'lom, Lill'wat Nation 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 20:04

Ring Stonechild

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Larry Howett, LINC Long Term Inmates Now in the Community
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Larry Howett

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Asia Czapska, Justice for Girls 25 pixel transparent gifRT: 4:59

Asia Czapska


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