The Halifax Examiner is covering the prisoner protest at the Burnside jail: • The statement released by the prisoners can be read here. • An interview with Jason MacLean, NSGEU President and correctional officer is here. • A prisoner account about the staffing shortage, the lockdown, and the problems with the change to a direct supervision […]
Nurse: We should support prisoners’ demands for better health care
"There have been claims that health care is better at Burnside than outside. This is simply not true."
Martha Paynter is a nurse, nursing PhD student, and director of Women’s Wellness Within. On August 21, the prisoners at the Burnside provincial jail launched a peaceful protest, in solidarity with a large prisoner strike in the United States, to call for basic improvements in health care, rehabilitation, exercise, visits, clothing, food, air quality and […]
Guards refuse to work in the new day room at the Burnside jail; prisoners have been on lockdown since the weekend
On Sunday (August 19), the Examiner published a statement by prisoners at the Burnside jail outlining the conditions in the jail and presenting 10 demands. Jason MacLean, NSGEU President and correctional officer responds here. The protest is in part sparked by the move to the direct supervision model. Both staff and prisoners say that the change […]
“We’re Living It With Them”: NSGEU President and Correctional Officer Jason MacLean responds to the prisoner protest at Burnside
On Sunday, the Halifax Examiner published a statement written by prisoners at the Burnside jail. The prisoners say they are embarking on a non-violent protest in solidarity with their counterparts in U.S. prisons; however, the Burnside prisoners have their own set of demands. To get the perspective of the guards at the jail, El Jones […]
The prisoners at the Burnside jail are engaged in a non-violent protest; here is their statement
Today’s column has been provided to the Halifax Examiner by organizers of the protest in Burnside. We, the prisoners of Burnside, have united to fight for change. We are unified across the population in non-violent, peaceful protest. We are calling for support from the outside in solidarity with us. We believe that it is only […]