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The Burnside powder keg: Broken promises, dehumanizing body scans, unfair solitary confinement, non-working toilets, lockdowns, and more

"We have 40 guys living together in the same room, without any physical equipment, no physical outlets. It’s very hard, and it’s gonna lead to violence."

August 25, 2018 By El Jones 9 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asaf Rashid, Burnside jail, Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, David Burke, prisoners protest, X-ray body scanners

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."

August 24, 2018 By Martha Paynter 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House Tagged With: Burnside jail, health care in Burnside jail, Martha Paynter, prisoners protest, women in prison, Women's Wellness Within

Guards refuse to work in the new day room at the Burnside jail; prisoners have been on lockdown since the weekend

August 24, 2018 By El Jones 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Burnside jail, Burnside jail renovations, Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, prisoners protest

“We’re Living It With Them”: NSGEU President and Correctional Officer Jason MacLean responds to the prisoner protest at Burnside

August 23, 2018 By El Jones Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Burnside jail, health care in Burnside jail, Jason MacLean, NSGEU, prisoners protest

The prisoners at the Burnside jail are engaged in a non-violent protest; here is their statement

August 19, 2018 By El Jones 51 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Burnside jail, Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, El Jones, Prisoner Justice Day, prisoners protest

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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