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.
| After cutting succcessful post-secondary programs and putting resources into risk management, the state of education in Canadian prisons gets a failing grade.
| Karen Connelly talks about her novel The Lizard Cage and some of the issues it touches upon: imprisonment, Burma, buddhism and maintaining your humanity in the face of brutality and repression.
| The Tories are increasing the use of the ion scan that tests visitors for trace amounts of drugs. Notorious for its inaccuracy, it means visitors are often prevented from contact with loved ones.
| A look at role and reality of books behind bars. Focus on the work of Books 2 Prisoners Vancouver, a grassroots group who sends free reading material inside to prisoners.
| "Joe Convict", a prisoner who has been in segregation for several months in an Ontario prison, talks of his struggle with the prison authorities and his fight for human rights behind bars.
| Marcel Gagnon, Aboriginal singer and songwriter, talks about the sweats he leads inside a Northern BC Jail and the role they play in the lives of those who participate.
