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Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Stark Raven takes a critical look at incarceration and criminalization in Canada and around the world. Hear in-depth analysis of the criminal justice system that goes beyond the corporate media. Produced by the Stark Raven Media Collective in Vancouver, BC. More info, prison news & resources www.prisonjustice.ca.
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Women raise their voices beyond the bars: Women's music in prison

August 9, 2011
| Behind the walls of a local prison women are singing, drumming, strumming and playing music. Hear their voices. And from a musician who has been working with them, jamming and recording their music.
Length: 29:51
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Penned In: A collection of literary creations from both sides of the fence

March 22, 2011
| Penned In is full of poems and stories written mainly by prisoners in the Creative Writing Program at Matsqui and their friends on the outside.
Length: 31:22
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Prisoners and their families face bureaucratic nightmare behind bars

November 10, 2010
| Dawn has learned first hand of the arbitrary nature and lack of due process inside the prison walls. She isn't afraid to speak out about the injustices her husband is facing behind bars.
Length: 19:53
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Prisoner writings as literature

October 18, 2010
| UBC Professor Deena Rymhs talks about her upcoming book "Cell Block Country: Prison Literature in Canada." It looks at the contribution writings by prisoners have made to Canada's literary world.
Length: 22:14
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Bill S-10: More mandatory minimums for drugs

October 11, 2010
| Bill S-10 is Parliament's latest effort to introduce mandatory minimum sentences for various drug crimes. Researchers say they don’t work and will actually make things much worse.
Length: 16:39
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Saving the prison farms: It's time for civil disobedience

August 10, 2010
| A dairy farmer talks about her fight to save the prison farms and why she is willing to engage in civil disobedience to do so.
Length: 22:04
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Mass hunger strike at Toronto jail inspired by Prison Justice Day

August 10, 2010
| Hundreds of prisoners are on hunger strike at Toronto East Detention Centre to protest inadequate conditions including healthcare, food and arbitrary lockdowns.
Length: 09:16
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Marking Prison Justice Day, on the inside and outside

August 10, 2010
| A lifer on his experiences on the inside and outside marking Prison Justice Day (an annual memorial and protest day) and how the prison system is making PJD harder for those on the inside.
Length: 21:30
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Understanding Fetal Alcohol and why many of those affected end up in jail

July 30, 2010
| Lawyer and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Advocate David Boulding shares his take on FASD and the criminal justice system.
Length: 28:15
Stark Raven: Prison Justice
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Keeping in touch across prison walls isn't easy

June 9, 2010
| For all their claims of the importance of family connections, one woman is nothing but barriers when trying to keep in touch with her brother in prison.
Length: 19:13