Prince Albert Daily Herald
Cory Cardinal, right, and Sherri Maier demonstrated outside Pine Grove on April 13 to appeal for better conditions for the inmates inside. (Peter Lozinski/Daily Herald)
Advocates travelled to Pine Grove Institution in Prince Albert Tuesday to show solidarity with a group of women prisoners on a hunger strike calling for better conditions.
Pine Grove is Saskatchewan’s only women’s prison.
Women at the institution began a hunger strike over a week ago and said they wanted changes to address concerns about reduced access to medical care and inadequate rehabilitative programs.
According to the province, some of the participating inmates have “expressed complaints on a number of issues,” including court delays caused by the pandemic, COVID restrictions within the jail, gang placements and canteen selection.
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It s believed the video was taken inside the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth.(Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
Nova Scotia s privacy commissioner is now reviewing a video recently posted to Snapchat of what appears to be an inmate at a provincial jail, to determine if the 20-second snippet was a violation of that person s privacy rights.
The video was first brought to the attention of commissioner Tricia Ralph after the Halifax Examiner posted a story about it, including a screen capture of the comments attached to the images. Feeding this fat f king retard ice cream at 1:30am so she ll go back to sleep and stop crying diabetic low, the comment said.
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After so much upheaval in recent weeks, Tara Marchand is excited to be going home.
Marchand, 30, was evicted from her last home on March 29, just 11 days after giving birth. The mother of five had already been working with Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan integration worker Kayleigh LaFontaine to find new housing, with concerns about keeping her family together hanging overhead.
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On Friday, Marchand had a lease in her hands. Getting into her own place has completely changed things, she said.
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