[van-announce] Prisoners Justice Day on CJSF radio

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In Honour of the 26th Annual Prisoners' Justice Day
CJSF, SFU's campus and community radio station,
presents a day of programming
        Fri Aug 10th               10 - 5 pm
                       news, music, community interviews
tune in at:
        www.cjsf.bc.ca
        93.9 cable FM (free cable adapter at the station for plugging
                        cable into the back of your unit stereo)
        940 AM in Louis Riel and sHEll house residences on campus

for more info:  604-291-4423    cjsfpa at sfu.ca
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CJSF is SFU's campus and community radio station and is dedicated to
promoting voices not heard in the mainstream.  We are independent,
and work in the interests of people, not profit.
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OTHER Prisoners Justice Day Events 2002, Vancouver, BC
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FRI AUG 9th, 7:30pm, All Ages.
ROCK AGAINST PRISONS' Benefit Concert
WISE Hall 1882 Adanac Street. at Victoria Dr in East Vancouver
performances by:
	****KATHLEEN YEARWOOD,
	****Che: Chapter 127
	****NECHIWAGAN
	****MANIK & FRESH COASTERS.
Info tables and speakers.
Donations at the door, proceeds go to local prisoner support groups.
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SAT AUG 10TH: Noon- 1:30pm
26th Annual Prisoners' Justice Day Memorial Rally
outside the Vancouver Pre-trial Centre, 275 East Cordova St, in East Van

Speakers include Ex-prisoners, Prisoners Rights and Community Activists.
Kelly White - Coast Salish Nation,  Karlene Faith - Activist, Author,
SFU Professor,  Eddie Rouse- Lifer, Board Member of West Coast Prison
Justice Society,  Kim Pate - Executive Director Canadian Association of
Elizabeth Fry Societies,  Kris Lyons - Strength in Sisterhood Society,
Joanne Butowski - Justice for Girls, Anna McCormick -- Youth and
Restorative Justice Activist, BCPWA - Prison Outreach Program, Joint
Effort  plus local performers Wayde Compton.

This is a day to remember all the men and women who have died unnatural
deaths inside Canadian prisons. Everyone welcome. Kids activities on
site.  Rain or shine.
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SATURDAY AUGUST 10TH: 11 - 6 pm
Prisoners' Justice Day Radio Programming
on Co-op Radio CFRO 102.7 FM

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For more info contact:

Prisoners' Justice Day Committee
P.O. Box 78005, 2606 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, B.C.  V5N 5W1
604-682-3269 ext3019
email august10 at vcn.bc.ca
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/august10

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August 10th is a day set aside each year when prisoners and supporters
gather to honour the memory of the men and women who have died unnatural
deaths inside Canadian prisons.

On August 10th, 1974, Eddie Nalon bled to death in a solitary
confinement unit at Millhaven Maximum Security Prison near Kingston
Ontario when the emergency call button in his cell failed to work.  An
inquest into his death found that the call buttons in that unit had been
deactivated by the guards.  In the year to follow there was another
death in this same unit, the call buttons had not been repaired.
Prisoners at Millhaven marked the anniversary of these deaths by fasting
and refusing to work.

What started as a one time event behind the walls of one prison has
become an international day of solidarity.  On this day, prisoners
around the world fast, refuse to work, and remain in their cells while
supporters organize community events to draw public attention to the
conditions inside prisons.  Here in BC the cuts that are coming down
from the neo-liberal government include massive cuts to the Corrections
Branch.  This includes the closure of 8 minimum and medium security
prisons, including the possible closure of the only women's prison.
Other cuts include those to alternatives to incarceration, inside and
outside programs and services, Legal Aid, Prisoner's Legal Services and
more.

Prisoner deaths from murder, suicide, and neglect can and must be
prevented.