STAND for Prison Justice

STAND for Prison Justice Students Taking a New Direction (STAND) for Prison Justice Contact us by sending a facebook message or via email at [email protected]

Students Taking a New Direction (STAND) for Prison Justice is an organization for students and members of the Montreal community interested in engaging with critiques of prison systems from an abolitionist perspective. We aim to facilitate discussions on topics of prison abolition and transformative justice, and connect our community to movements for prison justice in Montreal and beyond.

08/12/2020

07/15/2020

So many activists and academics have written and advocated for the policies we present today. Listed below are a few books and articles that explore the issues in law enforcement and our justice system. Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada From Slavery to PresentRobyn MaynardAre Prisons Ob...

07/15/2020
07/07/2020

10 actions pour définancer la police: définancer, désarmer, décolonizer, décriminalizer, réinvestir.

07/01/2020

Noise demonstrations are a way to show solidarity with prisoners. We stand outside the prison and make noise so people locked up can hear it and know that we care and are thinking about them. It feels especially important during these days of pandemics and uprisings to let people inside know that we have their backs. And that we will do everything we can to make sure they are not forgotten either. That the change we are pushing for everywhere includes abolishing prisons and the police and liberating people from a system that is murderous and violent. Decarcerate, defund, abolish, now!

06/16/2020

In this episode we speak to five of the creators and authors of 8 To Abolition. Which is an abolitionist response to the police preservationist platform 8 Can’t Wait. Since launching 8 to Abolition has become a viral phenomenon and served along with the popular demands of Defunding Police and Defe...

06/16/2020

This zine made by The Page One collective provides information about current political prisoners, specifically those involved in Black Liberation Movements, and include how you can personally reach out to them in the form of a letter.

Streaming now: On the Road With Abolition: Assessing Our Steps Along the Way
06/12/2020

Streaming now: On the Road With Abolition: Assessing Our Steps Along the Way

We are in a historic moment brought on by the consistent exertion of people power across the country and around the world. This has brought us to a place whe...

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