Open Letter: CONTAIN COVID-19, NOT PEOPLE
As all levels of government call on people to prioritize health, protocols to protect the health of people who remain imprisoned have been insufficient. As people and organizations dedicated to supporting individuals who are imprisoned and their communities, we are concerned about the lack of protocols to protect and prioritize the health of those who remain behind bars. People should be released to the extent possible. We demand a response to COVID-19 that leaves no one behind and centres those most impacted. Due to existing unsanitary conditions, close quarters, frequent physical contact, and the underlying chronic health conditions of many detained people - jails, prisons, immigration detention centers, juvenile detention facilities, and courthouses pose specific challenges that threaten the health and wellbeing of our communities. To combat the spread of COVID-19 and prioritize everyone’s health, we must adopt an approach that centres the needs of criminalized people and those made vulnerable to the virus by social inequality.
Take immediate action to reduce the number of people in prison, jails, and detention centers:
Release all youth to the care of family and community.
Release from prison and jails individuals who will become particularly vulnerable should they contract COVID-19 - including people who are over 50, pregnant or immunocompromised.
Extend the temporary absence program and release people in pretrial detention who are legally innocent and those serving sentences who are not considered an immediate danger to the community - including (but not limited to) those waiting on sureties, probation violation hearings, or parole revocation proceedings.
Release all immigrants and refugees from jails and immigration detention centers. Do not conduct immigration enforcement operations, especially in or around shelters, hospitals, or medical clinics.
Suspend arrests, prosecutions, and pre-trial detention for all non-violent charges. Allocate resources for community-based transformative justice responses.
Take immediate action to protect those who remain imprisoned:
Provide soap, hand sanitizer, bleach, and cleaning supplies to every prisoner at no cost. Ensure that those who are arrested are held in locations where they do not share toilets, soap, utensils, or bedding.
Solitary confinement should not be relied on for health and safety. Increase access to fresh air spaces with safe social distancing for anyone who is detained.
In the absence of visitations, all phone calls and other forms of contact should be free. Restrictions on calls to cell-phones and switchboards should be lifted immediately.
Ensure medical programs are fully funded, accessible, and staffed. Provide training, protective gear, and regular testing for incarcerated persons and staff in the facilities. Ensure the availability of medications and treatments.
Take immediate actions for the health of Indigenous Peoples, the poor, precarious workers & the criminalized:
Work quickly and effectively with Indigenous leaders to develop a comprehensive pandemic prevention and response plan that meets elevated risks for Indigenous communities and on and off reserve.
Make COVID-19 testing and treatment free and available to all.
Legislate two weeks of paid sick days for all workers and provide emergency financial support for unemployed people and people without immigration status.
Impose an immediate moratorium on eviction and foreclosure proceedings.
Immediately end fare enforcement on public transit.
Impose an immediate moratorium on all utility shut-offs and restore shut-off utilities.
Ensure the availability of medications and treatments including opioid-substitution.
Cease the criminalization of drug use and fund harm reduction and supervised consumption.
Take immediate actions for the health of the region’s unhoused population:
Provide locations for unhoused people to self-quarantine in individualized spaces.
Provide emergency shelters that can remain open 24 hours a day with 3 meals a day. Provide 24-hour access to soap, hand sanitizer, water, showers, and restrooms.
We call on our local, provincial, and federal officials to publicize protocols and take the preceding immediate actions for our collective health.
Signed,
Organizations (66):
Bar None Winnipeg
Black Legal Action Centre
Black Lives Matter - Toronto
Books to Prisoners Ottawa
Calling All Crows
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Canadian Prison Law Association
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy Ryerson
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy UofT
Carceral Studies Research Collective
Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation
Climate Justice Edmonton
Climate Justice Montreal
Climate Justice Peel
Climate Justice Toronto
Criminalization and Punishment Education Project
Decent Work and Health Network
Disability Justice Network of Ontario
East Coast Prison Justice Society
Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba
Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa
Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough
Elizabeth Fry Society of Toronto
Empowerment Council: A Voice for the Clients of CAMH
Evolve Our Prison Farms
First Grace Community Alliance
Foundation for Liberating Minds
Halifax Area Network of Drug Using People
IGNITE Global Feminist Collective
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
Independent Jewish Voices
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network - Canada
Jail Accountability & Information Line
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
Joint Effort
Lace Up Initiative
Latinx-Afro-Latin-America, Abya Yala Education Network
Law Union of Ontario
Legal Aid for All
Low Income Families Together - Toronto
Margin of Eras Gallery
Mashed Economies Artist Collective
Millennial Womxn in Policy
Millennium for All - Winnipeg
Movement Defense Committee
No More Silence
No One is Illegal
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Ottawa Sanctuary City Network
Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
PASAN - Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network
Prison Justice Network
Prisoners’ Legal Services in BC
Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism
Regent Park Community Health Centre
Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition
Showing Up for Racial Justice Toronto
Students Against Israeli Apartheid - University of Toronto
Students for Justice in Palestine - Ryerson University
Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance
Toronto Urban Native Ministry
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund
Winnipeg Police Cause Harm
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
Women's Prison Network
Women's Wellness Within
Individuals (1044):
Aaditya A.
Abigail White, Criminalization and Punishment Education Project
Abrah McKeen
Abtin Parnia, Social Epidemiologist
Adam Corson
Adam Hirsch
Adam Lewis, PhD candidate
Adam Roegiest
Adam Weisberg, Weisberg Law Criminal Lawyers
Adrian Levine, Law Student, McGill University
Aiden Hennigs
Áine Donnelly, Climate Justice Toronto
Aislinn Gallivan, Student
AJ B.
Alannah Fricker, President, Ryerson Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Alex Berceanu
Alex Hundert, Mutual Aid Katarokwi
Alex Verman, Independent Jewish Voices
Alexander Da Costa, Professor
Alexander McClelland, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa
Alexander Waddling
Alexandra Berceanu
Alexandra Molotkow
Alexia M., Law Student
Ali Imrie
Alice Gauntley, Masters of Public Health
Alice Kim, Ryerson University, School of Social Work
Alisa Gayle
Alisha Atri, Undergraduate student
Alistair Kitts
Aliya Jamal, MPH student, University of Victoria
Aliya Pabani, Audio producer
Aliyyah Fazil, Women's Prison Network
Allison Hearns, Student
Allison Saretsky
Allison Towns, Lawyer
Allos Abis, Settlement Counselor
Aly Bear, Law Student
Alyson Rogers
Amanda Bankier
Amanda D.
Amanda Frechette
Amanda Seidel
Amanda Whitten
Amara
Amber Dyck University of Ottawa (Graduate Student)
Amber Dyck, Graduate Student, University of Ottawa
Ambihai Akilan, Student
Ambika Sharma
Ames McCloskey, Prevention Worker, OAHAS
Amna Qureshi, Legal Aid Alberta
Amrit
Amy Brubacher
Amy Casipullai
Amy Wong
Anabel, Staffing Assistant, Ottawa Hospital
Andre Rivard, Legal Aid Ontario
Andréa Baptiste
Andrea Sobko, Legal Counsel, Ontario Nurses' Association
Andrea Thompson
Andrea Vásquez Jiménez, Co-Director of LAEN
Andrew Bigioni, Defence counsel
Andrew Hills
Andrew Kohan
Andrew Winchur, Parkdale Free School
Angela Davis, Director, First Grace Community Alliance
Angela Robertson, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
Angela Zhu, Articling Student, OSSTF
Ani Merzaian, Student; Ryerson Nutrition Course Union
Anita Block
Anita Castelino
Anita Nathan, Lawyer
Anjum Sultana, Millennial Womxn in Policy
Anke Heiser, Social and Restorative Justice Educator
Ann Marie Beals
Ann Schmitt
Anna Goldfinch, Goldblatt Partners
Anna Horvath
Anna Kollenberg
Anna Osterberg
Anna Rotman, Law Student, McGill University
Anna Willats, Professor
Anna Zalik, York University
Anne Cattral
Anne-Emanuelle Birn, Professor, University of Toronto
Anne-Marie
Anneka Spice, Community Support Worker
Anton Zyngier
Antu Hossain
Anu Ohri, Student
Arash Ghiassi, Lawyer
Arianne Di Nardo
Arika Sohail, Student
Art Jaszczyk, Retired Public High School Teacher of Math & Science
Asaf Rashid, Union Organizer & Lawyer (on leave)
Ashley Csanady
Ashley M.
Astrid Mrkich, Lawyer, Mrkich Law
Atia Haq, Registered Psychotherapist
Audrey D.
Audrey Huntley, Licensed Paralegal, No More Silence
Audrey Monette, Canadian Municipal Network on Crime Prevention
Audrey Wong
Aurelius Miles Francisco, Foundation for Liberating Minds
Avery Parker
Ayan Kassim
Ayden Scheim, PhD Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, St. Michael's Hospital
Aylin Manduric, Law Student, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Azada Rahi
Bahar Banaei
Bahar Shadrooh, Ryerson University Nursing Student
Banazeer, University of Alberta
Barbara Matthews
Becky Seodel
Belinda Kwan
Ben S.
Benjamin Hognestad
Benjamin Loewen
Benjamin Pickles, Climate Strike Brant
Berkley Staite
Bertha
Beth Capper
Beth Luttenberger, Indigenous Health Promoter
Bethany Whitebear, Student, University of Alberta
Betty Campbell, Paralegal
Bianca Marryshow
Bianca Palmer, Musician and Teacher
Bill Skidmore, Instructor, Carleton University
Bilqees Mohamed
Blair Rutherford, Carleton University
Boke Saisi
Bonnie Warburton
Bradley Por, Doctoral Student, McGill Law
Bree Arbor
Brett Wolfson-Stofko
Brian Sasaki, Fine Art Services
Brianne Selman, Librarian
Britta Johnson
Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land, Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg Department of Criminal Justice
Brooklynne Morrison, Ryerson Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Bruce Woodrow, Retired Lawyer
Burt
Cailin Gallinger, Public Service Worker
Caitlin Kingston, Ryerson Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Caitlin O'Neill
Calvin W.
Cameron McCracken, Law Student, USASK
Camille Johnson
Camille-Mary Sharp, University of Toronto
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
Cara Fabre, University of Windsor
Carina Maggiore, Housing Support Worker with the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa
Carly Butter
Carly Seltzer, Social Worker
Carmen
Carolina Jimenez
Caroline Elworthy
Caroline John, Student
Caroline Lennoxca
Caryma Sa’d, Lawyer
Cassandra Cahill, Student; Member, Community Engaged Sociology for CPEP
Cat Baron, Professor
Catherine Hart
Catherine Sleightholm, Lawyer Licensing Candidate
Cathy Cahill, Realtor
Cathy Crowe, Street Nurse, Visiting Practitioner, Ryerson University
Catriona Sandilands, York University
Cayla Dalgetty, Wife of Incarcerated Inmate
Cecile Afable
Cecilia Cardenas-Ibarra
Cee Strauss
Chandler Davis, University of Toronto
Charles Campbell, Retired Lawyer
Charlotte Crawford, Student
Charlotte Forbes
Charlotte, Graduate Student
Chelsea Braun, RN
Chelsea, Client Support Worker
Cheryl Gaster, LL.B., C. Med
Chih Chen
Chris Bailey, Graduate Assistant, School Work Department, Ryerson University
Chris Spiess, Case Manager, BSW, MSW, RSW
Chris Vance, Prison Justice Network
Christa Hiscock, WellFort Community Health Services
Christina Thomas
Christine Cooper, Board Member, East Coast Prison Justice Society; Criminal Defence Lawyer
Christine Wooldridge
Christopher Karas; Karas Legal Services Professional Corporation
Christopher Rapson, Associate, Davin Charney Law PC
Cindy Long
Claire Bodkin, MD
Claire Lowenstein, Student
Claudia Chaufan, York University
Colin Sue-Chue-Lam
Colin Wood, Lawyer
Coline Gardhouse
Coly Chau
Cordenne Brewster
Corinn Gerber, University of Toronto
Cory Aoki Trachsel
Craig Fortier, Assistant Professor, Social Development Studies, University of Waterloo
Cynthia, Ryerson CSSDP
D Bernard
D. Thompson
Dafna Godovich, Climate Justice Toronto
Damariz Guerrero
Dani Michie, Climate Justice Toronto
Daniel Griffin, Philosophy Professor
Daniel Grushcow
Daniel Sarah, Karasik
Daniela Spagnuolo, Health Policy Analyst
Danielle C.
Danielle Hurd, Ryerson University
Danielle Landry, Lecturer, Ryerson University
Danielle Sandhu
Danielle Smith
Danielle Vincent
Danika DeCarlo-Slobodnik, Student
Darren Chang, Climate Justice Toronto
Dave Hennessy, CPEP
David Helps
David Nardi
David Zakus, University of Toronto, Adjunct Professor
Davina Bhandar, Athabasca University
Deb O'Rourke
Debbie Carriere, The Elizabeth Fry Society Of Peterborough
Debbie Nelson
Debbie Rachlis
Deborah Charles, Staff Lawyer, Prisoners’ Legal Services
Deborah Cowen, Professor, University of Toronto
Deborah Guterman, Lawyer
Debra Parkes, Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC
Denis Heldens, Student
Denis Romanov
Denise Alexander
Denise Grant
Derek Venman, Helicopter Maintenance
Devon Seidel
Dia Da Costa, Professor, University of Alberta
Diana Da Silv, Organizer
Diana Farnand, The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa
Diana Kurtze, Court Support Volunteer, Elizabeth Fry Toronto
Diane Serré, Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa
Dominic
Don Schmidt Oecta Tsu
Dorothy Meron
Dr Sonika Kainth, Family Physician
Dr. Aaron Doyle, Associate Professor, Sociology, Carleton University
Dr. Anne Downes
Dr. Christopher Powell, Associate Professor, Sociology, Ryerson University
Dr. Loree Erickson
Dr. Sarah Gorman, Professor
Drew Meron
Dusty Rintule
Eddy Aranguren, MSM Worker, The Aids Network
Edesiri Udoh Wellfort, Community Health Services
Edward Hon-Sing Wong
EH.
Eleanor Wearing, Student
Elina Korchagina, Law Student
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Block, Volunteer, Out Of The Cold
Elizabeth Guthrie
Elizabeth Mcfadden, Clinical Outreach Worker
Elizabeth Mudenyo
Elizabeth Pickett
Elizabeth Sarjeant
Elizabeth, Student
Ella Bedard, Associate, Goldblatt Partners LLP
Ellery Fuliere
Em Call
Emilie Taman, Lawyer
Emily
Emily Anglin
Emily Bridge
Emily Brunelle
Emily Carl, Moss Park CTS
Emily Gilbert, University of Toronto
Emily Green, MA, York University
Emily Gregatto
Emily Halldorson, Prison Volunteer, Manitoba
Emily Paradis, University of Toronto
Emily van der Meulen, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Emine Kocabas, Student, Ryerson University
Emma Arnold, Dalhousie Law Student
Emma Ditchburn
Emma Jackson, Climate Justice Edmonton
Emma Kauffman
Emma Main
Emma McCallum, OISE
Emma Morgan-Thorp, Phd Candidate, York University
Emma Noonan-Rudolph, Student
Emma Palumbo, Community Worker
Emma Tseronis
Emma, OCAP, MDC
Erika Chan, Lawyer
Erika Diloreto
Erin Filby, Community Organizing Coordinator
Erin Morton, University of New Brunswick
Erin Sobat, Law Student
Errol Young
Eva Hellreich, Toronto Arts Foundation
Farah Karim
Farhar Rehman
Farnaz Farhang
Fathima Cader, Cader Law
Fatima, Student
Fatin Chowdhury
Fayo Baker
Felicity Hauwert, President, Sociology and Anthropology Students' Association, Carleton University
Felipe Fajardo, Mcmaster Medical Student
Fern Ramoutar, University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business
Fiona Cooke, Mcgill Alumni
Fiona Jeffries
Fionn Stanners
Fizza Mir
Fran Odette, Educator
Freda Guttman
Frema Bram
Freygl G.
Gabriel Weekes
Gabrielle Aquino
Garrett Zehr, Criminal Defence Lawyer
Gary Kynoch, Department of History, Dalhousie
George Carter, Student
Gillian Zulauf
Gini Dickie, Retired Teacher
Gizem Cakmak, York University
Gloria Negrete, Doctoral Candidate
Golta Shahidi
Gordon Doctorow, Adjunct Faculty, Nova Southeastern University
Gracie Post , Elizabeth Fry
Graeme Young
Grayson James, Youth Officer (Provincial) & Communications Officer (Federal), University-Rosedale NDP Riding Association
Gregory Cook, Outreach Worker
Griffin Epstein
Guy Brodsky, Student
Gwyneth Zollmann, Community Member
Habiba Maher
Hadley Howes, Queen's University
Hallah Kassem, Ryerson University
Hanan Jibril
Hank Yeamelst
Hannah Gelderman
Hannah Vautout, Student
Hannah Wilson
Hannah Wizman-Cartier
Hardie Rath-Wilson Law Student, UOttawa Prison Law Clinic
Hardie Rath-Wilson, Law Student, UOttawa Prison Law Clinic
Harriet Champion De Crespigny, Student - Ryerson University
Hayley Smuts, Outreach Worker Sherbourne Health
Heath Bona, Community Volunteer
Heather Joan Tam
Heather Mason, Advocate
Heidi, OCAD University
Helena Kita
Hélène B. Laramée, Justice Exchange Committee Member
Helton Achaye, Front Immigration Services Inc.
Hilary S, Doula
Hillary Mackinlay
Holly Anne
Hope Rudd
Howard Waitzkin, MD, PHD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico
Hulya Genc, Osgoode JD Candidate
Ian Liujia Tian, University of Toronto
Ian Roberts, Scarborough Southwest NDP
Ibtisam Hussein, Student
Ikram
Indhu Rammohan, President, UofT CSSDP
Ingrid Hernandez
Insharah Sajanlal
Isabel Bergquist
Isabel Bremner
Isabella Lyne, Climate Justice Toronto
Isla Cowan
Issam Alyamani, Writer
J. Blackmore
Jacalyn Den Haan, Climate Justice Montreal
Jack Comerford
Jackie B, Immigration Officer
Jackie Ho
Jackie Omstead, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
Jackie Seidel, Phd, Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Jaclyn Tompalski, Graduate Student
Jacob Tsimerman, Professor of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Jacqueline Davies, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University
Jacqueline Kotyk, Lawyer
Jacqui Gingras, Associate Professor, Sociology, Ryerson University
Jade Bryan, University of Toronto
Jade Lillace
Jade O.
Jake N.
Jake Pyne, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Guelph
James
James Bastable
James Braun
James Bray, Lawyer
James Cao, Student
James Lockyer, Lawyer
James Malekzadeh, Student
James Ruston
Jamie Koehn
Jamie Lundine, PhD Student
Jamie Magnusson, Professor
Jan Duperron, Sociology Student, Carleton University
Jane Barry-shaw, Ryerson University
Jane Crosby, Director - Books to Prisoners Ottawa
Jane Taylor, Retired Professor
Janelle P.
Janet Murray, R4R
Janet Rodriguez
Janna Eggebeen, Sessional Instructor, Ryerson University
Jarrod Shook , University of Ottawa
Jaskaran Grewal, Law Student
Jasmine Irwin, Associate, Springboard Policy
Jason Demers, Assistant Professor, University of Regina
Jasper Walton
Javier Davila
Jazmynn Vazquez
Jean-claude Taylor-Cline, Mental Health Counsellor
Jean-Philippe Gauthier
Jeevan, Graduate Student
Jeffrey Hartman, M.A., J.D., Hartman Law Barristers & Solicitors
Jemila Pirbhai, Teacher
Jen K.
Jen Rinaldi, Assistant Professor
Jenn Mong
Jenna Mackin
Jennifer Budgell, Criminal Defence Lawyer
Jennifer Foster, Promoting Education and Community Health (PEACH)
Jennifer Lebel
Jennifer Poole, Associate Professor & Co-Graduate Program Director, School of Social Work, Ryerson University
Jenny Srhrc, Volunteer
Jenny Cheng, Psychotherapist
Jenny Duffy, Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project
Jenny hwang
Jenny Reid, Lawyer
Jeremy B.
Jeremy Greenberg
Jess Machado
Jess Notwell, Ignite Global Feminist Collective Co-founder
Jessica Chan
Jessica Chandrashekar, Immigration and Refugee Lawyer
Jessica Evans, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University
Jessica Hawkins, Barrister and Solicitor
Jessica Hutchison
Jessica Johnson
Jessica Lyons, Nurse
Jessica Scifo, Law Student, University of Ottawa
Jhanvi, Ryerson University
Jiaqing Wilson-Yang
Jieun Doe
Jillian Rogin, Professor & Lawyer
Jillian Rogin, Professor; Lawyer
Jimmy Weaver
Jin Haritaworn, Professor, York University
Joanna
Jocelyn Courneya Office of Social Innovation
Jocelyn Heaton, Law Student, Osgoode Hall Law School
Jodie Shupac
Jody Chan
Johanna Lewis, York University
Johanna Petite
John K. Samson, Musician & Quaker
John Liss, Lawyer
John M. Darling, New Democratic Party
John Sewell, Former Mayor Of Toronto
Jonathan Adjemian
Jonathan Mcphedran Waitzer, Director of Operations & Finance, The Leap
Jonna Reaume, Associate Executive Director, Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan
Jordan Worona
Jordan Zaitzow, Educator, PHSA
Jordana Cox, University Of Waterloo
Joseph Visser
Josh Orson, Peer Support Specialist
Josie Guo
Joyce Rankin, Faculty Advisor
Jude Claude
Judith Muster, University of Toronto
Judy Rebick, Writer
Judy Tsao
Julia Dasilva
Julia Hamer
Julia Hune-Brown
Julia Leonetti
Julia, Homelessness Awareness Toronto
Julian Perez, George Brown College
Julianna Duholke, Mcgill Law Student
Julie Chamberlain, Researcher
Julie Guenther
Julie Matheson
June Seidel
Junior Moore
Justin Pariat
Justin Piché, PhD, Associate Professor, Criminology, University of Ottawa
Justin Pierro
Kait Winter
Kali S.
Kandeel Imran, Student, UofT Scarborough
Kandeel Imran, University Of Toronto Scarborough
Kara Hornland
Karen Cheung, Student
Karen Emerson
Karen S
Karin Baqi, Barrister & Solicitor
Karla Carranza
Kashfe Chowdhary
Kate Cain, University Of Toronto
Kate Giles
Kate Motluk
Katherine
Katheryne Schulz
Kathleen Lawrence
Kathleen Myers Griffin
Kathryn Chadwick, Student, McGill University
Kathryn Johnson
Kathryn M.
Kathryn Tait
Katie Walker
Katrina Hui, Resident Physician
Kayla Bazinet
Kayla Ellis
Kayla Kendall
Kayla Krische, Internal Solutions Coordinator
Kayley Lender, Health Canada
Keiisha-anne Pillai, Defence Counsel
Kelly Aragon
Kelly E. Redmond
Kelly Rattray
Kelsey, Accountant
Kennedy Marschdorf
Kerry , Elizabeth Fry Toronto
Kevin Brown
Kevin Gould, Associate Professor, Dept Of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Kevin Wallace
Khadijah Kanji, Masters of Social Work
Khalid
Khalil Habrih, University of Ottawa PHD Candidate in Sociology
Khalood Kibria, University of Toronto
Kim
Kim Jackson, Mashed Economies Artist Collective
Kim Levis
Kim Warnick Executive Director, Calling All Crows
Kim Warnick, Executive Director, Calling All Crows
Kimberly Dimond, Retired Correctional Officer
Kinza Haider, Lawyer
Kira Liss, MSW Candidate
Kiran Alwani
Kourteney King, Harm Reduction Worker & Graduate Student
Kourteney King, Harm Reduction Worker; Graduate Student
Krista Nix, MEP, Ryerson University
Kristen Lloyd, Articling student
Kristin Boyer, Harm Reduction Worker
Kristin Marshall
Kristin Smith, Ryerson University
Kristina Cooke
Kristine Chen, Volunteer
Kristy Laverty, Legal Aid Ontario
Krystal M.
Krystal Selbee
L. Pragg
Lais Meneses Brasileiro Dourado
Lama El-Hanan
Lara Karaian, Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University
Laura
Laura Bast
Laura Feldman, Medical Student, University of Toronto
Laura Shields
Lauren Kadlun-Jones
Lauren Lenaghan
Lauren Moses-Brettler
Lawney Dupuis, PASAN Outreach
Lawrence Greenspon, CLA Member, DCAO Member, Criminal Defence Lawyer
Lea Rose Sebastianis, Planned Parenthood Toronto
Leah Hutt
Leanne Gillard, Worker
Leanne Saldanha
Leila Lamis, Visitor Experience Representative
Leilani Maxera
Lena Moore
Lennox Borel
Leora Smith
Liam Todesco
Lila Stanners
Lilly Hillerow
Lily Corne Klein, Graduate Student
Lily Su
Lina Nasr, Educator
Linda Dahms
Linda Gallegos
Linda Mussell, Phd Candidate, Queen's University
Linda Pierro
Lindsay Beattie, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
Lindsay Jennings, Lace Up Initiative
Lindsay Yates
Lindsey Tulk, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Lisa Avramenko
Lisa Guenther, Queen's National Scholar in Political Philosophy and Critical Prison Studies, Queen's University
Lisa Myers, Assistant Professor, York University, Toronto, Canada
Lisbeth Berbary
Liz Beeforth
Liz, Student
Lora Mcelhinney, Joint Effort
Lorena Moltisanti
Lorraine Barnaby, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
Lorraine Chuen, Organizer, Friends Of Chinatown Toronto
Lorraine Gale
Lorraine Johnson, Writer
Louis Century, Lawyer
Lucas Meilach-Boston
Lucinda Qu
Lucy Costa, Empowerment Council: A Voice for the Clients Of CAMH
Luk Vervaet, Former Teacher in Prisons
Lynne Latulippe
Maddy Macnab
Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, Graduate student
Madeleine Long
Madeline Whetung, University of British Columbia
Madi Pulfer, Osgoode Hall Law School, Class of 2021
Madison Fitzgerald
Maeve Mcmahon, Carleton University
Maeve Stinson
Maggie Huang
Maggie Siu, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, Family Physician
Maia Rotman, Barrister & Solicitor
Maia Vlcek
Maïna Béland-Rahm
Maitri Gupta
Majd Zakout, Articling Student, Goldblatt Partners
Maleeka Black, Child and Youth Worker
Mara Gerson, Mental Health Worker & Student
Maria Cuevas, Student
Maria D.
Maria Sommers
Marina Mikhail
Marion Roberts, Street Health, Housing Support Worker
Marissa Ramlogan
Marius Marjolin
Mark Mullkoff , MSW candidate
Mark Robert Brill, Retired
Marlene Macdonald
Marlené Mercado, IWOC
Martha Paynter, Women's Wellness Within
Mary Boyce, Lawyer
Mary Code, Teacher
Mary Ellen Campbell, Staff Representative, CUPE 3906
Mary Gomes, YWCA Toronto; Ryerson University
Mary Jean Hande, Postdoctoral Fellow
Mary M.
Mary Rose van Kesteren, AvK Solutions Ltd/Managing Director
Mary Rose van Kesteren, Managing Director, AvK Solutions Ltd.
Maryam K.
Maryam Pandi
Maryellen Symons, Barrister and Solicitor
Maryrose Macdonald, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
Marzian Alam
Matt Bonn, Halifax Area Network of Drug Using People
Matt Haber
Matt Johnson, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
Matt Lipton, Courage Ottawa
Matt Woroshyl, Musician
Matthew Cheng
Matthew Tracey, Nursing Student
Maxine Kaufman-lacusta, Senior Citizen
Maya Russell
Meaghan Moore, Registered Psychotherapist
Meg Leitold, Registered Psychotherapist
Megan
Megan Lindy
Megan Stephens, Executive Director & General Counsel, Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
Megha Bhavsar
Meghan Rand
Melanie Anderson, Articling Student at Goldblatt Partners LLP
Melanie Carrington
Melissa Cahill, University Student
Melissa Ngo
Melvin Zimmerman
Meredith Johnson, Retired Superior Court Registrar
Meredith Szewchuk
Merlin Hargreaves
Michael Adamson, NSLI-Y Scholar
Michael J. MacDonald, Assistant Crown Attorney
Michael Leitold, Lawyer
Michael Mihalicz, Indigenous Advisor
Michael Spratt, Lawyer
Michelle Ball
Michelle Polster
Michelle Shelley, York University
Michelle Tan, Climate Justice Toronto
Mikaila Hernández, Law Student
Mikayla LaFortune
Mikhail Golichenko, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Mina Aria, Uprooted & Rising
Mini Virdi, Educator
Mira Khazzam
Mira Philips
Miriam Breslow
Miriam Meir, Retired Public Health Nurse, Independent Jewish Voices
Miriam Novick
Misee Kuzmicz, Ryerson University
Mitra Kamali
Mitra Mokhtari, PhD Student, University of Toronto
Moka Dawkins, Harm Reduction Outreach Worker, PASAN
Molly Horn, CUPE 4600
Molly Lowson
Mon Martins, Harm Reduction Worker
Monica Clifford, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy at Ryerson
Monica Peeff
Monique Ling
Montana Grey
Mostafa Atri
Muna D., Student
Myroslava Stadnyk, Elizabeth Fry Toronto
N Dawn, Outreach worker
N. Dawn, Outreach worker
Nadir Khan
Naila Lalji
Nana Yanful, Lawyer
Nancy Moore
Nancy Shorter, Outreach Worker PG and District Elizabeth Fry Society
Nandita Bijur
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Naomi Berlyne
Naomi Burkhart
Naomi Ward
Nataleah Hunter-Young, PHD Candidate, Ryerson & York University
Natalie Pegler
Natalie Roach
Natalie Z. Davis, Historian
Natasha Abraham, Goldblatt Partners LLP
Natasha Nunez, Eye On Dependency, Trinidad & Tobago
Nathan Shephard
Nawal Al Saidi
Nazanin Moghadami
Nicholas Wong
Nick R Neither
Nick White
Nicola, Substance Use Counselor
Nicolas Di Lollo, Showing Up for Racial Justice-Toronto
Nicole Alli, Climate Justice Toronto
Nicole Biros-Bolton
Nicole Kelly, Law Student at Dalhousie University
Nicole Penak
Nik Jarvis, Social Work Student
Niki Bains
Nikisha Khare, Public Health Professional, Medical Student
Niklas Agarwal, Climate Justice Toronto
Nila Gupta, Writer
Nisha Eswaran, Mcmaster University
Nishan
Nora Demnati, Lawyer
Noura Afify
Nyree Gracey, Bee Defence
Ocean Jaya Connolly, York University
Odelia Bay, PhD Student, Osgoode Hall Law School
Oliver Roberts
Olivia Cuff
Olivia Karp
Omar Chu
Ona Zenas
Oren Jungreis
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Paolo, Instructor, University Of Toronto Mississauga
Parmbir Gill, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Pascal Murphy
Patrick Boccongelle
Patrick Cameron
Patrick McCauley
Paul Quick, Queen's Prison Law Clinic
Paula Le Baron
Paula Razuri
Pauline Hwang
Penny Oyama, Courage Coalition Member
Phillip Ly
Phoenix Babiak, Harm Reduction Worker
Pierce Meron
Pierre Lorraine
PJ Lilley, Mother
Pooja Srikanth
Pooja Vaidya
Portia Larlee
Prateek Awasthi
Premal, Sherbourne Health
Priyanka Pai
Quinn Saretsky, , Executive Director, Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba
Quinten H., Support Worker
Rachael Pascoe, PHD Student, UofT
Rachel Fayter, Carceral Studies Research Collective at University of Ottawa
Rachel Ginsberg
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Rachel Small
Rachel Xyminis
Rachelle Marek Sparrow, Registered Nurse
Rahim Thawer, Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist
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Rajeetha, Student
Randa Ali, Research Associate
Rasheeda Forbes-Riley
Ravina G, University Of Waterloo
Raymond Moore
Razan Ali
Rebecca Canney
Rebecca F., Developer
Rebecca Seidel
Rebecca Tran, Iise
Rebecca Vandevelde
Rebecca, Climate Justice Toronto
Rebecca's Seidel
Red Braid, Alliance for Decolonial Socialism
Reem Mandil
Rehab Nazzal
Renee Dumaresque, Social Worker
Rev. B. Stephen, Genesis for Better Living
Rev. M. E. Cassey, Minister
Rhiannon, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Riaz Sayani, Criminal Defence Lawyer
Richard Elliott, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Richard Fung
Richard Matthews, Academic
Ricky Rodrigues, RSW
Rickyd, New Orleans Workers' Centre for Racial Justice
Rickyd, Nowcrj
Rima Berns-McGown, MPP, Beaches-East York
Rita, Development Assistant & Cultural Activism Coordinator
Riyah
Robert Biderman
Robert Giannetta, Graduate Student, University of Toronto
Robert Nelder, Retired
Robin Mclachlen
Robyn Beckett, Public Health Professional
Robyn Letson, Social Worker
Roger Beck, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
Rohan Quinby
Rosalea Thompson, Criminal Defense Lawyer
Rosie Qualtere-Burcher
Rosina Kazi, LAL
Roslyn Talusan, Culture Writer
Roslynd Brown, Prison Wife
Roya DelSol, Gallery Co-ordinator, Margin of Eras Gallery (CUE)
Ruba Ali Al-hassani, York University
Ryan Phillips, Ryerson University
S. Cooper
S. Wayne
Saadia Khan
Saba Akhtar
Sabra Rezaei, Mental Health Worker
Sabrina Aimola
Sabrina Nurmohamed, Resident Physician
Sadie Epstein, Fine Artist
Sage Drake
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Salima
Salima Andany, Social Worker, Trauma Counselor
Sam Hatoski
Samantha Bondoux, Law Student, Queen's University
Samantha King, Professor, Queen’s University
Samantha Mcaleese, PHD Candidate, Sociology, Carleton University
Samantha Rohe, Chemist
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Sameena, Professional
Sandeep Sidhu, Social Media Director, Ryerson SMASH
Sandra Flear
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Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
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Sandra Rickard, JD Candidate, College Of Law, University Of Saskatchewan
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Santiago Rodrigues, Ryerson University
Sara
Sara Elizabeth, Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance
Sara Rocha, Harm Reduction Worker
Sara Tsimerman, Medical Student
Sara Wylie
Sarah Alvo, Climate Justice Toronto; Our Time Kitchener-Waterloo
Sarah Bellstedt
Sarah Buisman
Sarah Cooper, Assistant Professor, City Planning, University of Manitoba
Sarah Crawley
Sarah Ferland, Elizabeth Fry Toronto
Sarah Fiander
Sarah Jama, Disability Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO)
Sarah Mikhaiel
Sarah Nesbitt
Sarah Rotz, York University
Sarah Sanford, Researcher
Sarah Speight, Jail Accountability And Information Hotline
Sarah Van Exan
Saroja Ponnambalam, Community Organizer
Sasha Tate-Howarth
Sasha Winchester
Saumya Sethia
Savannah Ramandi Logan, Carleton University Student
Savhanna Wilson, Board Member, Girls Rock Camp Alliance
Scott Garant
Seema Shafei, Jail Accountability and Information Hotline
Selva Tagore, Student
Sena Hussain, Lead Editor, Cell Count
Sena Hussain, Lead Editor, Cell Count, PASAN
Serena Uemura, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy Ryerson
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Shara Stone, Professor
Sharnelle Jenkins-Thompson
Sharon
Sharon McPherson
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Shawnee Gregory, Lawyer
Shay J. Vanderschaeghe
Shazia Shahid, Agincourt Community Services Association
Shea Toliver, Youth Worker
Sheila Baroro, Elizabeth Fry Toronto
Sheila Wildeman, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law; East Coast Prison Justice Society
Shelly Bazuik, Legal Advocate
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Sheru Abdulhusein, Lawyer
Shiri Pasternak, Assist. Professor, Dept. of Criminology, Ryerson University; Research Director, Yellowhead Institute
Shohreh Pooyan
Sidra Hashmi
Silas Koulack
Silvia
Silvia Neagu, Lawyer
Sima Atri, Legal Aid/Social Justice Lawyer
Simon Cheung, Legal Advocate, Prisoners' Legal Services
Simone Munro
Simone Schmidt, Musician
Simpson
Simran Dhunna, Climate Justice Peel
Sofia Baert
Sofía Ontiveros, Student
Sonia Kelly, Law Student
Sonia Sanchez
Sonny Mir
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Søren Taylor, Climate Justice Toronto
Souheil Benslimane, Ottawa Sanctuary City Network and the Jail Accountability and Information Line
Spencer Bridgman, Public Policy Graduate Student
Steph Rychlo, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Stephanie A
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Stephanie Li, Student
Stephanie Massot, Leader, Health System Improvement
Stephanie Sarmiento, RN
Stephanie Young, Community Navigator
Stephen Biss, Barrister & Solicitor
Stergios Dinopoulos, Freelance Filmmaker
Sterling Stutz, Masters of Public Health, University Of Toronto
Steve Higham
Stuart Murray, Professor, Carleton University
Stuart Schussler, York University, Faculty Of Environmental Studies
Sue Goldstein, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network-Canada
Sufiya Mary Reid
Sukhpreet Sangha, Lawyer, Artist, Educator, and Organizer
Sultan Karim, Anti-Corruption Establishment
Sunera Thobani, Faculty
Susan Duval
Susan Kilborn, Community Veterinary Outreach
Suzanne Biggs
Suzanne McCullagh, Athabasca University
Suzanne Weiss, Author; Activist in Social Justice
Swathi Sekhar, Immigration and Refugee Lawyer
Sydney Hyatt
T. Edmund Chan, Barrister
Talia J., Lawyer
Tamar Jungreis
Tammy Seidel
Tamsyn Riddle
Tamyka Bullen, Artist
Tania Ruiz-Chapman
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Tara Hicks
Tara Lyons, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Tara McTeer, Former Inmate
Tara Torabi
Tasha Saint-Macary
Tave Cole, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
Taylor Wilcox
Tearney McDermott
Telwasa Akbari, Research Student
Terra Poirier
Terri Roberton, President, RP
Tess Dingman
Tess Sheldon, University of Windsor
Tessa Rankie, University of Toronto Nursing Student
The Reverend Leigh Kern, Chaplain, Toronto Urban Native Ministry
Theo Lyons, Clinique Droits Devant, Montréal
Theresia Munywoki
Tiauna Young Ou
Tiffany Gordon, Dalhousie University
Tim Dowling
Tim Mccaskell
Tim Puerro
Timmia Hearn Feldman
Tj Makey
Tom Engel, President, Canadian Prison Law Association
Tom Malleson, Professor
Toni, CSSDP Ryerson
Tonia Richard, Professor
Traci Warkentin, York University
Tynan Bramberger, Psychotherapist
Urszula S.
Vadar Hasan, Ryerson University
Vanessa Ammirante
Vanessa G.
Vanessa MacDonnell, University of Ottawa
Vega, Student
Verity Eaton, Overdose Prevention Worker
Veronica Albanese
Victor Chen
Victoria Morris, University of Ottawa
Vida Beyer
Vincent Dao, Quality Engineer
Vinidhra Vaitheeswaran, Toronto Lawyer
Virginia Green
Viv Ku
Warren Abbey, John Howard Society of Toronto
Washington Silk
Weronika Rogula, Therapist
Wesley Evans
Willi McCorriston, Human
William Shookhoff
Xiao Meng Pang
Yadesha Satheaswaran
Yamen Mouhanna
Yasmine Hassen, Climate Justice Toronto
Yohanna Mehary, Climate Justice Toronto
Yom Shamash, Independent Jewish Voices
Z Fang, University of Toronto
Zaheen Karim
Zahra Haroon, Child Protection Worker
Zahra Hussain, Masters of Public Health Student - Dalla Lana School Of Public Health
Zareen Tasneem, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Zartasha Zainb
Zayneb R.
Zoe Dodd
Zoe Luba, Red Braid Alliance; Community Action Against Prison Expansion UK
Zoey Jones
Zyah Brereton