Prison Abolition 101

Join us for a workshop that offers community members an introduction to prisoner solidarity work and prison abolition, as well as an introduction to the Prisoner Correspondence Project and our role in the abolitionist movement. Centering the lived experiences of the project’s imprisoned 2SLGBTQ+ members, this workshop will look at the systematic violence of prisons, both on an individual and structural level; explore the differences between reform versus abolition; and investigate some of the ways that we as individuals, organizations and movements can work towards abolition. We hope that this presentation will be of interest to people who are new to the concept of prison abolition, and to those who are familiar with it but are looking for concrete ways to get involved in abolitionist work. Given the scope of our project, our workshop will emphasize prison abolition as it intersects with queer activism, but we of course welcome community members of all identities to attend.

The Prisoner Correspondence Project is a solidarity project for gay, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, gendervariant, two-spirit, intersex, bisexual and queer prisoners in Canada and the United States, linking them with people a part of these same communities outside of prison.

Date and time: Tuesday, March 19th at 7pm

Location: QPIRG-Concordia (2100 rue Guy, room #205)

This event is part of Spring into Action 2024: OUTRAGE. For more information visit qpirgmcgill.org/spring-into-action.

Accessibility:

There is an elevator in the building. There are two entrances. The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs.

For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #0205 to be let through the automatic doors, then take the elevator up to the second floor. The door to our space can be opened by automated button, and swings out. There is a paid parking lot beside our building, entrance on Guy.

A list of other spaces downtown (Ville-Marie borough) reserved for people who have the blue-and-white parking permit can be found here:

http://www.statdemtl.qc.ca/index.php?page_id=322&lang=en#sondage