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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Excellent reporting by the IJB on Canada’s growing use of prison isolation.

Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

20 organizations have signed and released an open letter today expressing grave concern with a decision by Corrections Canada to restrict access to medications commonly used to treat depression, ADHD, and other conditions for people in federal prisons. Read the letter here: tinyurl.com/5kytrh48

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Today, on Prisoners' Justice Day, we remember the people who have lost their lives to the prison system, and hold their families, friends, loved ones, and communities in our hearts. 1/2

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – Indigenous governments, organizations and legal aid clinic rebuke Canada for mass incarceration of Indigenous Peoples – call for funding and authority to Indigenous governments and organizations. More here: tinyurl.com/mrz6nwrt

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Prisoners deserve more information about use-of-force incidents - read the opinion piece on the recent use of force JR filed with support from PLS here: tinyurl.com/udbwa9ee

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Opinion: Prisoners deserve more information about use-of-force incidents

A new lawsuit seeks to change the way Correctional Service Canada discloses reviews of when force is used

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

A revised version of understanding Correctional Service Canada‘s new Opioid Agonist Treatment policy information for federally incarcerated people pamphlet is available here: tinyurl.com/3pxkcme3

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

80+ civil society leaders from faith, labour, enviro, legal, academic & arts communities are standing together for human rights and reconciliation – calling on #BCgov to recommit to implementing not amending #DRIPA. Read the statement: www.wcel.org/DeclarationAct #bcpoli #IndigenousRights

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

CSC recently changed OAT medications available to people in prisons. Read more about what that means for people in federal prisons here: tinyurl.com/45jpwrwa

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

PLS, with other orgs, made a joint submission to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissioner regarding telecommunications systems and services in correctional facilities. More here: tinyurl.com/sxwrc6np

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Canada's Correctional Investigator released it's 2024-2025 annual report today and found it was "abundantly clear that CSC is fundamentally ill-equipped to provide long-term mental health care to individuals with serious mental illness". Read the full report here: tinyurl.com/mszs9zm9

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Great reporting by The Tyee about the mice infestation issues at VIRCC and the internal and external advocacy efforts led by incarcerated people. www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

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A Prison Besieged by Mice | The Tyee

Built to keep people in, Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre can’t keep rodents out.

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Attention social justice and human rights lawyers: PLS is hiring for two positions! Apply by Sept 15, 2025: tinyurl.com/3kbjywpn

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Aug 10, 2025 marks 50 years since the first Prisoners’ Justice Day was observed in 1975, when people incarcerated at Millhaven Inst. organized a work and hunger strike to memorialize the death of Eddie Nalon. PLS mourns all those who have lost their lives to the prison system.

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Prisoners' Legal Services @bcprisonjustice.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

On June 19, 2025, Prisoners’ Legal Services presented to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services - read our submission here: tinyurl.com/4vphyn5a

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