Description
Book SynopsisVolume 31, Number 2 (2022) is a special issue of the
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons featuring two dialogue sections. The first, featuring pieces on "Prison Labour", is edited by Jordan House (Brock University) and Kelly Struthers Montford (Toronto Metropolitan University). The second, featuring pieces on "Gender, Health and (In)justice in Canada", is edited by Martha Paynter (University of New Brunswick), OmiSoore Dryden (Dalhousie University) and El Jones (Mount Saint Vincent University). The collection also features a preface commemorating the 35th anniversary of the
JPP, a
Response on the importance of mutual aid following imprisonment, as well as reviews of a film and two books. The cover art was created by Joker (front) and Peter Collins (back).
Table of ContentsIN THIS ISSUE
PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR
The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons in an Age of Disruption
Justin Piché 1
DIALOGUE ON PRISON LABOUR
Perspectives on Prison Labour in Canada and Beyond:
An Introduction
Jordan House and Kelly Struthers Montford 6
Guérin v Canada:
Exposing the Indentureship of Prison Labour
Kim Jackson, Johanne Wendy Bariteau and Billie Cates 16
An Insider’s Perspective on Canadian Prison Labour:
An Interview
Gregory McMaster and Jordan House 37
Prison Farm (R)evolution:
A Conversation Between Prison Farm Activists
Calvin Neufeld and Shaun Shannon 50
DIALOGUE ON GENDER, HEALTH AND (IN)JUSTICE IN CANADA
Gender, Health and (In)justice in Canada:
An Introduction
Martha Paynter, OmiSoore Dryden and El Jones 64
Introduction to Julie Bilotta’s Story
Sheila Wildeman 70
Reproductive Injustice and Neglect Behind Jail Walls:
An Account of My Time at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
Julie Bilotta 76
Caring for the Peripartum Patient Experiencing Incarceration
Martha Paynter and Corinne Sauve 94
Frontline Perspectives on Maternal Incarceration
Mirinda Bray and Abby 105
Resisting Carceral Logic through Doula Practice
Clare Heggie and Lauren Matheson 109
Reflections from Ten Years of Research with the Minnesota Prison Doula Project
Rebecca Shlafer 117
Disrupting Intergenerational Imprisonment
Linda Mussell 124
Shifting Societal Perceptions of Criminalized Women:
From Frameworks of Risks and Deficits Towards Narratives
of Strength and Wellness
Rachel Fayter 133
On Gendered Violence and Policing:
An Interview
Carrie Low and Maggie Rahr 149
An Introduction to the Nova Scotia Policing Policy Working Group
Jennifer Taylor and Grisha Cowal 164
Decarcerating a Nova Scotia Jail During COVID-19
Ashley Avery and Sara Tessier 175
The Need for Evidence-based Harm Reduction Services in Correctional Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kate Harland, Holly Richards, Matthew Bonn, Stefanie Materniak and Soa Bartlett 196
RESPONSE
Double Punishment and the Importance of Mutual Aid in Promoting Individual and Collective Safety
Deepan Budlakoti 207
REVIEWS
Tutwiler
by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Boston: Frontline PBS (2020) 34 minutes
Reviewed by Lindsay McVicar 212
Baby Jails:
The Fight to End the Incarceration of Refugee Children in America
by Philip G Schrag
Oakland: University of California Press (2020) 400 pp.
Reviewed by Mustapha N 215
Policing Black Lives:
State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
by Robyn Maynard
Halifax: Fernwood (2017) 292 pp.
Reviewed by Chad T 218
Available Titles and Call for Book Reviews
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons 223
UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUES – CALLS FOR PAPERS
Homelessness and Incarceration
Erin Dej and Dale Spence r225
Emotions and Carceral Spaces
Jennifer Kilty, Rachel Fayter and Justin Piché 228
COVER ART
“Equality” (front cover)
Joker
2022 232
“Obedience is Key” (back cover)
Peter Collins
2010 232
