Cutbacks all round (except for the prison building budget...)

[1]Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Story_publish_date:

June 9, 2010

summary:

With the tough on crime agenda in full swing, billions of dollars are being spent across the country on prison building. But the Tories are being eerily tight lipped about their specific plans.

Artist: Interview with Justin Piche [2]
Title: Prison Expansion in Canada [3]
Album: Stark Raven Media Collective [4]
Genre: Public Affairs: Prison Issues [5]
Year: 2010 [6]
Length: 24:33 minutes (22.49 MB)
Format: Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

Are we becoming the next prison nation?

Even in this economic crisis, governments are managing to find billions of dollars to build new prisons.

Provincial governments are spending $3 billion dollars. The federal government? We don't know, as they aren't telling us what their plans actually are, even after numerous Access to Information requests.

But Justin Piche has been trying to find out. Justin is a Phd student who is studying prison expansion in Canada. He has also started up a campaign calling for a

Canadian Punishment Legislation Moratorium Campaign [7].

Stark Raven recently spoke with Justin about prison expansion and his quest to find out what the federal government and the Correctional Service of Canada are up to.

Comments

Links:
[1] http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/stark-raven
[2] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/artist/interview_with_justin_piche
[3] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/title/prison_expansion_in_canada
[4] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/album/stark_raven_media_collective
[5] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/genre/public_affairs_prison_issues
[6] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/year/2010
[7] http://tpcp-canada.blogspot.com/2010/05/canadian-punishment-legislation.html
[8] http://rabble.ca/user
[9] http://rabble.ca/user/register