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How Prisoners' Justice Day aims to raise awareness, understanding

CBC News: Mainstreet NS with Jeff Douglas ·

Posted: August 15, 2024 | Last Updated: August 15, 2024


Prisoners' Justice Day (Aug. 10) is a day to show solidarity for people inside Canadian prisons, remember all the people who have died of unnatural deaths while incarcerated and help those in custody overcome barriers to justice. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Renford Farrier, who was recently granted parole after over three decades in federal prison, and Emma Halpern, the executive director of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia, about the day.


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