Say "NO!" to prison profiteers in our community!
The Correctional Service of Canada is spending $1.7 billion dollars of our money to
build new prisons across Canada to accommodate the anticipated boom in prisoner
population that will inevitably result from the Conservative government’s massive crime bill. Despite the fact that even Republicans in Texas and California have acknowledged imprisoning people and building new prisons does not reduce crime, but does bankrupt the State, the Conservatives continue to pursue their agenda of prison construction at any cost. This means the further criminalization of communities of colour, immigrants, queer folks, drug users, and poor people. At the same time, public monies will be funneled into the private hands of the prison industrial complex.
The decision to build more prisons, despite dropping crime rates, is made by real people and implemented by real companies. NORR Ltd., a global professional services firm with a local office in Kingston, is one of those companies. David Jefferies (Principal) and architects David Ariss and Jonathan Hughes are directly responsible for the designs for the new units at Collins Bay and Bath. NORR offices are also designing the new provincial superjail to be located in Windsor, the South West Detention Centre.
The buildings NORR has designed are the leading edge of new prison construction in our community. Many of those effected by the new crime bill and by prison
expansion will be here in Kingston, especially prisoners after they are released. The people of Kingston aren’t going to let this "law and order" agenda proceed without a
fight!
Tell NORR Ltd., David Jefferies, David Ariss and Jonathan Hughes that you won’t stand by while they profit from the expansion of the prison industrial complex. Sign
this petition to demand that NORR Ltd. issue a public statement declaring that they will not take on any more prison construction work.
End the Prison Industrial Complex!
https://endthepic.wordpress.com/
Updates
January 10, 2012
Reaching this threshold confirms the necessary level of public scrutiny required for the next phase of our campaign. I have completed the formal letter requesting a direct meeting with the principals at NORR Ltd. and will be delivering it to their offices this week.
6 Comments
We dont need that kind of business here. Not in my neighborhood.
THIS IS WRONG. dont let them put a private prison here. keep it out of our town!
Keep prisons public. No one should be getting rich off locking people up in our backyard.
Disgusting that companies try to make money off human suffering. Glad someone is finally fighting back.
Privatization is a huge mistake. Just look at the other towns that let them in. Nothing good comes from it.
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Say "NO!" to prison profiteers in our community!
The Correctional Service of Canada is spending $1.7 billion dollars of our money to
build new prisons across Canada to accommodate the anticipated boom in prisoner
population that will inevitably result from the Conservative government’s massive crime bill. Despite the fact that even Republicans in Texas and California have acknowledged imprisoning people and building new prisons does not reduce crime, but does bankrupt the State, the Conservatives continue to pursue their agenda of prison construction at any cost. This means the further criminalization of communities of colour, immigrants, queer folks, drug users, and poor people. At the same time, public monies will be funneled into the private hands of the prison industrial complex.
The decision to build more prisons, despite dropping crime rates, is made by real people and implemented by real companies. NORR Ltd., a global professional services firm with a local office in Kingston, is one of those companies. David Jefferies (Principal) and architects David Ariss and Jonathan Hughes are directly responsible for the designs for the new units at Collins Bay and Bath. NORR offices are also designing the new provincial superjail to be located in Windsor, the South West Detention Centre.
The buildings NORR has designed are the leading edge of new prison construction in our community. Many of those effected by the new crime bill and by prison
expansion will be here in Kingston, especially prisoners after they are released. The people of Kingston aren’t going to let this "law and order" agenda proceed without a
fight!
Tell NORR Ltd., David Jefferies, David Ariss and Jonathan Hughes that you won’t stand by while they profit from the expansion of the prison industrial complex. Sign
this petition to demand that NORR Ltd. issue a public statement declaring that they will not take on any more prison construction work.
End the Prison Industrial Complex!
https://endthepic.wordpress.com/
Updates
January 10, 2012
Reaching this threshold confirms the necessary level of public scrutiny required for the next phase of our campaign. I have completed the formal letter requesting a direct meeting with the principals at NORR Ltd. and will be delivering it to their offices this week.
6 Comments
NO WAY. not here.
We dont need that kind of business here. Not in my neighborhood.
THIS IS WRONG. dont let them put a private prison here. keep it out of our town!
Keep prisons public. No one should be getting rich off locking people up in our backyard.
Disgusting that companies try to make money off human suffering. Glad someone is finally fighting back.
Privatization is a huge mistake. Just look at the other towns that let them in. Nothing good comes from it.
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NO WAY. not here.