Tracking the Politics of Criminalization and Punishment in Canada: 99 Alternatives to Jail Expansion in Ottawa

UNDER PREMIER FORD'S WATCH THE GREEN LIGHT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT'S WASTEFUL AND COSTLY PLAN

TO REPLACE THE OTTAWA-CARLETON DETENTION CENTRE

WITH A NEW AND BIGGER JAIL

CONTACT PREMIER FORD AND TELL HIM

#NOPE / No Ottawa Prison Expansion and
#YESS / Yes to Education and Social Services

PHONE 1-416-325-1941

TWEET @fordnation

WRITE TO
Premier of Ontario
Legislative Building
Queen's Park
Toronto, ON
M7A 1A1

TELL HIM ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVES TO JAIL EXPANSION BELOW AND

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WE #got99solutions FOR IMPROVING COMMUNITY SAFETY IN

OTTAWA AND A BIGGER JAIL AIN'T ONE

A Moratorium:
Stop Jail Expansion Now

Solution 60: Enact a moratorium on jail expansion in Ontario
Solution 68: Abandon the politics of fear that makes communities more insular and supportive of jail
Solution 76: Enact an imprisonment cap to encourage the use of alternatives to 'criminal justice'
Solution 77: End the use of public-private-partnerships that financially incentivize jail expansion
Solution 99: Hold robust public consultations on how to improve safety in Eastern Ontario

Prevent Harm by Tackling Inequality in Ontario:
Expand Opportunities, Not Cages

Education

Solution 1: Hire more educational assistants
Solution 10: Expand access to university
Solution 18: Expand access to affordable child care
Solution 19: Reduce elementary and secondary school class sizes
Solution 20: Expand access to college
Solution 26: Expand youth mentorship initiatives
Solution 27: Expand access to after school programs
Solution 31: Expand access to youth leadership training
Solution 34: Restore the updated sex-ed curriculum to prevent sexual harm
Solution 67: Invest in drug education based on harm reduction principles to save lives
Solution 73: Divest from punitive school discipline policies that function as a pipeline to jail
Solution 74: Invest in restorative processes to address conflicts and harms in schools
Solution 78: Expand access to music programs for youth inside and outside of school
Solution 80: Expand access to visual arts programs for youth inside and outside of school
Solution 81: Expand access to performing arts programs for youth inside and outside of school
Solution 83: Expand public education on systemic racism to affect long-term structural change
Solution 85: Breakdown barriers and expand public education on the realities the criminalized face
Solution 91: Ensure equitable access to school field trips and community events for youth

Financial Security

Solution 11: Provide a living wage to all workers
Solution 33: Expand access to jobs by banning-the-box in provincially regulated workplaces
Solution 37: Invest in the creation of co-operative businesses run by former prisoners
Solution 38: Demand the federal government create an expansive presumptive pardon system
Solution 40: Expand provincial summer job opportunities for youth
Solution 55: Reverse the cut to the pilot and expand access to a universal basic income
Solution 89: Expand measures to ensure workplaces offer people fair wages and conditions

Food Security

Solution 12: Expand access to meal programs
Solution 30: Expand funding for community gardens to address food insecurity
Solution 90: Expand access to school breakfast, lunch and snack programs to address youth hunger

Housing

Solution 2: Expand permanent and supportive housing
Solution 9: Expand rent supplements
Solution 36: Expand access to housing through a province-wide ban-the-box policy for rental units
Solution 39: Expand emergency housing capacity
Solution 71: Enact measures to expand access to co-operative housing
Solution 72: Expand funding for non-profit housing

Accessibility

Solution 24: Expand free access to public transit
Solution 49: Expand funding to make public spaces more accessible

Health

Solution 4: Expand overdose prevention sites
Solution 5: Expand access to drug treatment and aftercare
Solution 13: Expand access to opioid substitution treatment
Solution 65: Expand access to organized sports for youth

Mental Health

Solution 3: Expand intensive case management
Solution 8: Hire more peer support workers to defuse crises
Solution 14: Expand access to counselling
Solution 41: Hire more social workers
Solution 96: Expand mobile crisis teams

Diversion:
Steer People Away from the 'Criminal Justice' System and Jail

Solution 6: Expand youth outreach, parental and life skills programs
Solution 7: Hire more bail support workers
Solution 15: End immigration detention, turn Ontario into a sanctuary province
Solution 16: End Indigenous mass incarceration, expand access to Indigenous justice processes
Solution 17: Expand legal aid
Solution 21: End bail conditions that set people up to fail
Solution 23: Demand the federal government decriminalize the simple possession of all drugs
Solution 25: Expand bail beds
Solution 29: Expand community-based restorative justice capacity
Solution 35: Fund access to conflict resolution training to manage disputes outside the penal system
Solution 42: Hire violence interrupters, conflict mediators and outreach workers to prevent gun crime
Solution 46: Expand access to night and weekend courts
Solution 47: Divest from police militarization
Solution 53: Adopt policies encouraging police to release more people on their own recognizance
Solution 54: Invest resources to make bail determination more efficient
Solution 56: Expand use of bail by abolishing cash sureties
Solution 57: Expand use of bail by increasing community supports to improve court attendance
Solution 58: Demand the federal government abolish mandatory minimum sentences
Solution 61: Increase community service opportunities in place of custodial sentences
Solution 62: Increase restitution opportunities geared to income in place of custodial sentences
Solution 69: Further expand the use of Gladue principles during the bail process
Solution 70: Demand the federal government expand the offences eligible for conditional sentences
Solution 79: Further expand investments in gang exit programs
Solution 82: Increase capacity of bail verification and supervision programs
Solution 87: Expand probation with more reasonable conditions and enforcement
Solution 97: Demand the federal government decriminalize acts attributable to mental health issues

Decarceration:
Get and Keep People Safely Out of Jail

Solution 7: Hire more re-entry support workers
Solution 22: Increase community resources to facilitate successful and safe community re-entry
Solution 29: Have people serve short sentences in halfway houses, not prisons
Solution 32: Expand access to temporary absences from jails and prisons
Solution 63: Increase resources for discharge planning
Solution 66: Establish community resettlement panels
Solution 86: Allow intermittent prisoners to serve their weekend sentences in the community
Solution 88: Expand parole with more reasonable conditions and enforcement
Solution 92: Expand transition support for employment
Solution 93: Expand transition support for post-secondary education
Solution 94: Expand transition support for housing
Solution 95: Increase good time credits towards remission
Solution 98: Expand capacity for voluntary Circles of Support and Accountability

Minimalism:
Meet the Needs of Those Who Remain Temporarily Behind Bars
to the Degree That's Possible in Flawed Provincial Institutions

Solution 43: Improve jail food - end privatization and convert jail pods into communal kitchens
Solution 44: Improve prison outcomes - convert jail pods into programming spaces
Solution 45: Improve family bonds - convert jail pods into contact visit areas
Solution 48: Improve family bonds - expand free calling for prisoners to connect with loved ones
Solution 50: Better support learning - convert jail pods into libraries
Solution 51: Promote mental and physical health - convert jail pods into recreational spaces
Solution 52: Promote reflection - convert jail pods into meditation and spiritual contemplation spaces
Solution 59: Expand access to harm reduction programs for prisoners
Solution 64: Improve safe re-entry prospects by allowing more outside groups behind bars
Solution 75: Expand resources to ensure staff oversight and accountability
Solution 84: Increase training and measures to combat systemic racism affecting many prisoners

Tracking the Politics of Criminalization and Punishment in Canada

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

99 Alternatives to Jail Expansion in Ottawa

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