On October 16th, the Canadian state under Mark Carney announced a plethora of reactionary measures reminiscent of the Harper era that will only increase the…
Prisons are anti-labour and anti-Indigenous institutions that exist to warehouse the surplus populations left behind by the production of capital. Its populations consist of primarily…
Cell Count is a quarterly newspaper published by PASAN, an abolitionist organization that focuses on harm reduction and HIV/AIDS support, education, and advocacy for currently…
The following are locations for selected Prisoners’ Justice Day events happening in Ontario on Sunday, August 10th: Toronto: Grange Park at 1:00 pm ETKingston: Grounds…
The following are locations for selected Prisoners’ Justice Day events happening in Ontario on Sunday, August 10th: Toronto: Grange Park at 1:00 pm ETKingston: Grounds…
On May 29, 2025, the Ontario government introduced Bill 33, the Supporting Children and Students Act. If passed, it would mandate the return of School…
On June 4th, the Ontario government passed Bill 6, the so-called Safer Municipalities Act. Drug users experiencing homelessness can now be removed from encampments and…
We are witness to deep inequities embedded into the current system that runs society. Capitalism here and globally is in complete opposition to true democracy…
Binesi Ogichidaa is an outspoken advocate for Prison abolition and the rights of Indigenous Women. She is an organizer with Fund our Communities Defund the…
The national disgraces of LTC deaths and other COVID-19 inequities are rooted in the disgraces of genocide and slavery on which this nation was built, and which are perpetuated through prisons, police, borders and carceral policies
Abolitionist movements have called on us to envision something better for ourselves and our communities. We have shut the door on the status quo through these movements, and there is no going back.
