Introduction
Prison Labour and Punishment
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The Introduction "Prison Labour and Publishment" discusses the current state of Canadian prisons and lives of its prisoners, the idea of “rehabilitation," prison labour programs, the over incarceration of Indigenous people in Canada, the prison justice movement in Canada and the United States, the goals of a prisoners’ union, the larger abolitionist and prison justice movements, prison labour organizing, and the challenges of prison research and censorship.
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Contributors
Jordan House
Jordan House is an assistant professor in the Department of Labour Studies at Brock University. His research focuses on prison labour and prisoner-worker organizing, new forms of worker organization and labour movement renewal. His work has appeared in several publications, including Labour / Le Travail, Labor Studies Journal, Rankandfile.ca, Canadian Dimension and Jacobin. He previously worked as a labour organizer and union researcher and is a long-time prison justice activist.
Asaf Rashid
Asaf Rashid went from being an aspiring scholar in environmental studies to a community agitator and campaigns coordinator of the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group. He is a lawyer, based in k’jipuktuk/Halifax and a board member of the Halifax Workers Action Centre, a member of the Canadian Prison Lawyers Association and supporter of the East Coast Prison Justice Society. Rashid has also been a union organizer and labour rights activist, among other social justice activities.