Issue 29 Spring 2003

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Prisoners’ HIV/AIDS Support Action Network
WHO WE ARE …
PASAN is a community-based network of
prisoners, ex-prisoners, organizations,
activists and individuals working
together to provide advocacy, education
and support to prisoners and young
offenders on HIV/AIDS and related
issues.
PASAN formed in 1991 as a grassroots
response to the emerging AIDS crisis in
the Canadian prison system.
Today, PASAN is the only communitybased organization in Canada
exclusively providing HIV/AIDS
prevention, education and support
services to prisoners, ex-prisoners, youth
in custody and their families.
WHAT WE DO …
1. SUPPORT SERVICES
PASAN offers support services to prisoners,
youth in custody and their families, as well
as to other organizations working on issues
of HIV/AIDS and/or prison.
These services include:
a) Individual support counseling,
advocacy, pre-release planning and
referrals for prisoners and young offenders
living with HIV/AIDS, primarily in the
Ontario region institutions. We can assist
our clients in accessing proper medical care
and support while incarcerated, as well as
help to arrange housing and medical/social
support upon release. Much of this support
is coordinated via telephone through
collect calls, although we also do in-person
support whenever possible. To date,
PASAN has worked with more than 400
HIV positive prisoners and young offenders
in over 30 different institutions (both federal
and provincial) in six different provinces.
b) The only national AIDS Hotline
specifically for prisoners. We accept
collect calls from prisoners across Canada at
416-920-9567 and can help you with your
questions about HIV/AIDS, and help you get
the support you need.
c) We can help with replacement fees for
birth certificates, S.I.N. cards and other
necessary ID & release money. The
availability of funds vary, and we require
proof of HIV status to access the fund.
d) PASAN also provides ongoing support,
networking, resources and training for
AIDS services organizations (ASO's) and
other community groups across Ontario. We
assist ASO’s to set up their own prison
outreach and support projects, and act as a
referral ‘hub’ for HIV positive prisoners and
young offenders who are transferred from
one region to another, thereby helping to
ensure a continuity of support.
II. OUTREACH & EDUCATION
a) PASAN conducts HIV prevention
education programs in many adult and
youth institutions in the southern Ontario
region. An integral part of this program is our
Peer Educator’s Group, which is made up
of ex-prisoners living with HIV/AIDS. Peer
speakers accompany PASAN staff for
workshops in prisons, youth facilities, and
other institutions. We have found that Peers
are often able to get across HIV/AIDS
information in these settings.
b) PASAN produces CELL COUNT
quarterly. This publication, which is written
and edited primarily by prisoners and ex–
prisoners themselves, is the only newsletter in
Canada providing an uncensored forum for
prisoners
and young in custody to explore and share
their own experiences, and ideas about HIV/
AIDS. PASAN distributes 6000 issues a year
to prisoners, institutions, and agencies
across the country. CELL COUNT is free
for prisoners and people living with
HIV/AIDS in Canada.
c) PASAN also conducts free
organizational and staff training for
agencies and institutions working with prison
affected, and drug using populations. We
have experience in conducting training not
only for community workers and ASO staff,
but also for probation/parole officers, youth
custody staff, prison social workers and case
management officers.
III. NETWORKING & ADVOCACY
Since our beginning in 1991, PASAN has
always maintained a focus on systemic
advocacy on issues of HIV/AIDS and prisons.
Our advocacy is based in recognition and
defense of the fundamental human rights of
prisoners, and our perspective derives from
PASAN’s brief entitled HIV/AIDS In Prison
Systems: A Comprehensive Strategy (June 1992).
This document outlined 40 recommendations
for implementing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS
strategy in the Canadian prison system. In
June 1996, PASAN released the follow-up
document HIV/AIDS in Youth Custody Setting: A
Comprehensive Strategy which specifically
addressed the needs of youth in custody. In
May 1999, PASAN released HIV/AIDS in the
Male-to-Female Transgendered Prison Population:
A Comprehensive Strategy. In August 1995,
PASAN organized the first National Workshop
on HIV/AIDS in Prison in Kingston, Ontario.
PASAN has made presentations on HIV/AIDS
in prison at the XI International Conference on
AIDS in Vancouver (July 1996) and has
appeared before the Parliamentary
Subcommittee on AIDS in Ottawa (November
1996) and the Presidential Advisory Council on
HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC (1998).
PASAN maintains an Activist Committee which
monitors and advocates on issues affecting
prisoner and/or people living with HIV/AIDS
on a local, provincial and national basis. This
committee maintains working links with
other prisoners’ rights groups, prison
projects, and ASO’s across Canada. We also
maintain an ad-hoc Advocacy Committee of
prisoners who assist us in identifying
emerging issues.
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OUTREACH AND SUPPORT SCHEDULE
MEN’S
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INSIDE THIS EDITION
PASAN’s Schedule……….….…....…..… 3
DON JAIL – Every second Wednesday of each month from 3:00-4:30. Put in a
request to the Volunteer Coordinator to attend.
Hamilton-Wentworth – Once a month. Put in a request to Mrs Peters
(Volunteer Coordinator) to attend.
MAPLEHURST – The second & the fourth Monday of each month from 10:30-12.
Put in a request to Ms. Pedder (Volunteer Coordinator) to attend.
OCI – First Thursday of each month from 3:00-4:30, Unit 6. Put in a request to the
Dep. Sup. of Programming.
THE EAST – Programs every third Wednesday of the month from 1:30-3:30. Put in a
request to the Volunteer Coordinator to attend.
THE WEST – Every third Thursday from 1:30-3:30 for group and one-to-one
support. Both the men’s and women’s programs occur at this time.
WOMEN’S
GRAND VALLEY INSTITUTE (Kitchener) – Will be visited every 2
months throughout the year for support and outreach on issues relating to HIV and
AIDS. For more info call: 416-920-9567.
THE WEST – (see above)
VANIER CENTRE FOR WOMEN – Every second Wednesday of the
PASAN Staff ………..……..……….....… 4
News on the Block …………...…. 5, 6, 11
Poems …………………..………..…….. 7
Women’s Art Contest …...…………… 8
Health and Nutrition ……...….……. 9, 10
PenPals …………………...………. 12, 13
Resources ……………………. Back-cover
month from Oct to Dec. (Evenings)
EDITOR’S NOTE
YOUTH
– We visit different youth facilities throughout the City of Toronto on a regular basis. For
more info call Connor at: 416-920-9567.
FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS
– We visit periodically, trying to get to each prison at least every two or three months.
We see people individually or in group settings and talk about HIV/AIDS, Hep C and
Harm Reduction. If you wish to know more or have HIV please contact us to find out
when we will be at your institution.
We visit: Kingston Pen, Warkworth, Collins Bay, Bath, Frontenac, Millhaven, Fenbrook,
Beavercreek and Pittsburg.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS CALL
PASAN COLLECT AT: 416-920-9567
Welcome to the Spring Edition.
Well, here we are entering spring and of course
World War 3 as well. Many thanks out to all who
sent their creativity in. We have a terrific selection of
art to choose from and the poetry folks have sent in
some great writing. Also, thanks to all of the art
contest contributors/winners.
Tom Jackson
Editor
REMINDER: PASAN's DROP-IN SCHEDULE
ARTISTS IN THIS ISSUE
Every Wednesday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 is drop-in and the time for staff to see
clients individually or as a group (as desired) without an appointment.
Cover: Mel L’Hirondelle
If you want to see your worker on days other than Wednesdays, you will need to book an
appointment with them. This way we can make sure that we are available to meet with
you.
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PHONE HOURS are Monday and Wednesday to Friday from 9-5 pm.
We do not accept collect calls on Tuesdays!
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NEEDLE EXCHANGE is Monday and Wednesday to Friday: mornings 9-12 and
afternoons 1:30-5:00.
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SAFER CRACK USE KITS NOW AVAILABLE. Maximum of 2 kits per week,
times are the same as Needle Exchange.
Sometimes we (and the phones) are very busy so…
please keep trying !!!
Page 4: Kelly Cooper
Page 5: Laura Whitehorn
Page 7: Veronica Jack, Shaggy
Page 10: Syrus Ware
Page 11: Lisa Plume, Veronica Jack
Page 13: William Antoine
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New PASAN Report Available
And Then There Were Three
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PASAN Manual Now Available
It’s been a long time coming that Mimico
Correction Centre was due to close, but now
it has happened & quickly at that. On January
30, 2003 Mimico was decommissioned, with
only 10 days official notice, & the last folks
inside transferred out. A big THANKS to
Volunteer Coordinator Sherri Murphy who
set up programming for PASAN’s & THE
WORK’s HIV & Hepatitis education programs
almost 4 years ago, who supported us the
whole time & encouraged the guys inside to
come out and participate. With the closing of
Mimico, which was the only Toronto
Correctional Centre (where the guys were
serving their sentence), there leaves 3
detention centres (where guys/gals are
primarily waiting trial) in Toronto; the Don,
the East & the West. Unfortunately, this
means anyone receiving a sentence of under 2
years will definitely be leaving the City. Stay
tuned, things can’t get better; only worse.
Unlocking Our Futures:
A National Study on Women, Prisons, HIV, and
Hepatitis C
Eveline Allen
Regional Prison In Reach Coordinator
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Co-Principle Investigators:
Anne Marie DiCenso, MSW
Giselle Dias
Jacqueline Gahagan, PhD
This report was designed to offer federally
sentenced women an opportunity to discuss
program development that meets their needs
around HIV/Hepatitis C prevention, care,
treatment, and support. PASAN visited 9
federal institutions and spoke with 161
women across Canada. This report is a
reflection of the women's voices, their needs
and concerns.
To obtain Unlocking Our Futures, contact:
Canadian HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse
400-1565 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 8R1
Toll Free: 1-877-999-7740
Tel: (613) 725-3434
E-mail: [email protected]
www.clearinghouse.cpha.ca
Unlocking Our Futures can also be viewed or
downloaded from PASAN’s website at:
by Rick Lines
Prisoners HIV/AIDS Support Action Network
This guide provides background information on
the prison system, service/program ideas, and
advocacy strategies to create community-based
HIV/AIDS programs for prisoners with the goal
of better defending the rights of prisoners and
expanding the availability and accessibility of
HIV/AIDS services. Includes chapters on the
Prisons 101, HIV and Hepatitis C in Prison,
Getting Started, HIV Prevention Education and
Outreach, and Client Support and Advocacy. It
also contains an extensive Resource section.
Report by the
Prisoners’ HIV/AIDS Support Action Network
Unlocking Our Futures is available free. Postage
for single copies is also free within Canada.
Orders for multiple copies, or shipping
outside of Canada, must be pre-paid. The
manual is available in both English and French.
(67 pages)
Pros & Cons: A Guide to Creating Successful
Community-based HIV/AIDS Programs for Prisoners
Pros & Cons is available free. Postage for single
copies is also free within Canada. Orders for
multiple copies, or shipping outside of Canada,
must be pre-paid. The manual is available in
both English and French. (270 pages)
To obtain Pros & Cons, contact:
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STILL BANNED
PASAN would like to take this opportunity to
let you know that we are still pursuing actions
against the Cell Count Ban and complete
information ban at some of Ontario's Federal
prisons. Numerous copies of Cell Count and
other mail have been returned from Collins
Bay Institution and Bath Institution. We are
meeting with our lawyer next week to discuss
details, we will keep you posted as this issue
gets dealt with.
Canadian HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse
400-1565 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 8R1
Toll Free: 1-877-999-7740
Tel: (613) 725-3434
E-mail: [email protected]
www.clearinghouse.cpha.ca
Pros & Cons can also be viewed or downloaded
from PASAN’s website at: www.pasan.org
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When Experiments Go Wrong
(Thanks to the prisoners at the CNCC, FAPPA
and CAPP for sharing information for this article)
The Central North Correctional Centre
(CNCC) is no joke. Being inside is never an
easy ride but if you get shipped off to the
CNCC in Penetanguishine, be prepared. You
will quickly become aware that things operate
differently there compared to other Ontario
provincial institutions. I have one answer to
explain why: the Management and Training
Corporation (MTC), a Utah-based
corporation that is in the business of running
private prisons-for-profit is calling the shots in
a five-year experiment that the province of
Ontario has decided to embark on. The
CNCC is Canada’s first lasting adult private
prison and if we are not careful, it will be the
first of many Canadian prisons run by
corporations, most likely from south of the
border. A current prisoner at the CNCC
writes, “This is the worst run jail I’ve ever
been in, in my life” and an ex-prisoner writes,
“You’ll never get me back in there. I’ll go to
the penitentiary first.”
One prisoner at CNCC wrote this about the
food: “Let’s talk about the food, it’s the pits,
I’m sure that if you had a dog, that you
wouldn’t even feed this stuff to them. None of
the meat is fully cooked. I was told by one
staff member that if the kitchen staff save the
training corporation (MTC) money with the
new food that they will get a bonus at the end
of the year and that all we are is dollar signs
to them. The new head kitchen staff was
heard saying that if we don’t eat what we get,
then we will starve.” Personally I have heard
horrific stories from guys inside about the
food including lots of cases of food poisoning
and finding human teeth in the food. No joke.
One of the biggest problems and criticisms of
the joint is the lack of proper medical care.
People needing medical care for specific needs
such as HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, anxiety and
other mental health problems get the blunt of
the nightmarish healthcare run by yet another
American company called First Correctional
Medical. “This is the worst health care in the
province of Ontario,” writes a CNCC
prisoner. I have been told that nurses have
resigned from the CNCC in fear of being
kicked out of the Ontario Association of
Nurses for the things that they are being told
to do. The healthcare staff at the CNCC
consults with a doctor in Arizona whereas
public facilities are accountable (supposed to
be) to the Senior Medical Consultant of the
Ministry of Public Safety and Security. There
are numerous examples of blood work getting
‘lost’ or stored improperly and spoiled. People
with HIV/AIDS have extremely delayed access
to HIV primary care physicians if they get to
see them at all.
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Diagnoses are made without examining
patients. Medications are being discontinued
without any assessment being carried out.
Anti-biotics and medications for mental health
issues are not administered consistently if at
all. No joke. The list goes on and on.
MTC maintains that they are adhering to
American Correctional Association standards
of health and safety but shouldn’t they be
following Canada’s policies? MTC is proving
through their actions that they are not
accountable to anyone. The Ontario
government doesn’t seem to be doing too
much about it. This is a game about dollars
and cents and it is a game that is being played
with people’s lives.
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To The Honourable Members of the
Ontario Provincial Legislature:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
While reading the Feedback Section of the
Midland Free Press Newspaper, I came across this
letter from a Metis Woman who spent two
months at Penetanguishene Super Jail operated by
Management Training Corporation.
Please read it carefully and tell me this is the
humane and proper way to treat inmates.
Yours Truly,
Ulla Voutilainen
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Penetanguishine community members,
supported by many others across the
province are outraged and have been resisting
this experiment since its inception. Citizens
Against Private Prisons (CAPP) and Families
Against Private Prison Abuse (FAPPA) are two
groups whose work is focusing on the horrors
that are happening at the CNCC. FAPPA’s
slogan is “When you think no one cares, think
again, FAPPA’s there!” and can be reached by
contacting Sharon Storring-Skillen at 705-7285961 or by writing to PO Box 27003, Barrie,
ON, L4M 6K4. CAPP can be reached by
contacting Sharon Dion at 705-549-4382.
PASAN is currently trying to set up a regular
program at the CNCC and will let you know
as soon as we are in there. If you have any
experiences that you would like to share from
your time at the CNCC, all of these groups
are happy to receive them and document
them. For all you folks doing your bit at the
CNCC, stay strong and know that you are
not alone. Finally, a prisoner writes about the
CNCC, “We get lied to from the first time
we walk through the door, just as you on the
outside are being lied to. You are told how
great we have it in here. Well let me tell you,
we don’t.”
I have just returned from a 2 month stay in the
new facility in Penetanguishene. I was making
amends for past wrongs. I have also just come
back from visiting my probation officer, who spoke
to me of many concerns they have. I have felt
compelled to write. I sat in Range 9A for the
women, which is merely a holding center for
women to be transferred to and from court. They
are to be relocated. I watched women do nothing
all day but watch television. We did have a
semblance of school at the beginning, it consisted
of playing on a computer with a program for basic
learning. The computers disappeared one day. I
attended two courses on substance abuse for
women. I don’t know what was suppose to be
different about these course, but I received
certificates after only attending minimum classes.
It was a farce, and nothing was really learnt. It
was time spent out of the unit for all who
attended. I suffered severe stomach aches, and
headaches and requested to see a nurse or
doctor. I requested this daily for 3 weeks, and
after that I finally saw a doctor. I am a proud
Metis women, and on my ID card they listed my
race as "other", until I spoke up and said it was
wrong. It took them two weeks to alter my ID
card. I requested often to see a Native Worker.
The only time this occurred was when I took the
liberty to write to Eenahtic Healing Lodge, and
they in turn sent my letter to Georgian Bay
Friendship Center, who in turn sent Brian George
to visit with me. I was trying to practice my
spirituality but there is no sage in the facility. My
partner had to bring it in, and then once it was
there, the guards took it upon themselves to go
into my personal property and distribute my
medicines with other inmates. It appalls me that
this facility is located in my hometown and run so
incorrectly. I also witnessed women being
released, with no rides home, and hitchhiking
back to Barrie. I don’t know what we can do to
correct this. Seems we were misled from the
beginning. I have paid my debt to society, and
now I wish to move on, but with the knowledge I
have of this institution that is in my backyard, I
just want to sell my house, and move to
somewhere safe.
Mooky Cherian
Provincial Prison Outreach Coordinator
Mickilus Belcourt
Paradise Pointe, Ontario
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to be more specific.
The jail accepted his recommendations and
PENETANGUISHENE—The health of ailing inmates promised to change its practices, he said.
"We want to go back every two months and pull
at Canada's first and only privately run jail is often
charts to see that it's (compliance) happening,"
at risk due to inappropriate medical care, says the
Humphries said. "We're taking every step possible
head of the emergency department at a nearby
to ensure compliance with ministry policies."
hospital.
Humphries said he is aware of McNamara's
Dr. Martin McNamara, of the Huronia District
concerns and hopes to meet with him and assistant
Hospital in Midland, whose department sees about
deputy minister Garry Commesford in the next few
two inmates from the Central North Correctional
days.
Centre daily, says some arrive writhing in agony
McNamara has high praise for the doctors and
because they haven't received proper pain
nurse practitioners who struggle to run the jail's
medication, or with physical conditions that have
recently opened infirmary.
worsened through neglect.
"They're doing a really good job, but one doctor for
Delays in medical care in some cases have been so
serious that "yes, the health of the inmate has been (1,100 inmates at a time) is woefully inadequate,"
said McNamara.
put at risk," said McNamara, who added that he
Thomson said two doctors are on staff at the jail wasn't blaming the doctors or nurses employed
alternating with one on duty at the jail five days a
there.
week, while the other is on call 24 hours a day,
McNamara's voice is the latest in a growing chorus
seven days a week.
of judges, lawyers and activists critical of the forFive nurses work the day shift, four the evening shift
profit institution guaranteeing, they say, its bottomand two the night shift.
line results by minimizing inmate care. The
Humphries is trying to determine if that ratio at the
institution has denied the accusations.
McNamara said his department has treated inmates facility is comparable to public-run institutions:
"That's one of the things we are looking at," he said.
with wounds that have become seriously infected
due to neglect and fratured bones that haven't been Requests for interviews with the doctors at the
facility, and with First Correctional Medical CEO
X-rayed and set.
Tammy Kastre in Tucson, Ariz., were referred back
As well, he said more serious illnesses have been
to Thomson, who said he was the only
ignored because it was thought the inmate "was
spokesperson.
faking it or making it up," he said.
Last week, Justice Elizabeth Earle-Renton spoke out
One of McNamara's own patients, who broke his
jaw before he was incarcerated at the jail more than at the trial of Ryan Skillen, 24, a suicidal man who
blew off part of his hand while placing a homemade
three weeks ago, is still waiting to see a dentist.
bomb on a path used by Barrie high school students.
"As of two days ago, he was still wandering around
"The court is not blind to what is happening and
in pain with a broken jaw," he said.
what is not happening at the Central North
Doug Thomson, who has been running the jail for
Correctional Centre," said Earle-Renton.
U.S.-based Management Training Company (MTC)
She said judges, crown attorneys and defence
since it opened just over one year ago, disputes
lawyers have been expressing in court, and
McNamara's claims.
"certainly in private for some time," that based on
"There's no validity to them," said Thomson in an
the "information we receive, the situation at the
interview.
correctional centre is not particularly good and not
The MTC, based in Centreville, Utah, charges the
helpful to inmates."
province $75 per inmate per day, as part of a fiveNoting Skillen's fragile mental state, Earle-Renton
year $141 million contract, compared to between
said that she would recommend he serve his 18$140 and $200 that it costs the government for
month sentence in the Ontario Correctional Institute
each inmate per day in a public institution.
The jail employs two doctors. Its medical care, which in Guelph, where mental health assessments are
carried out.
has been contracted out to Arizona-based First
"It's of great concern that the recommendations
Correctional Medical, has been found adequate
from our courts are not being obeyed," she said.
during two recent audits by the province, said
Skillen's lawyer Mitch Eisen told Earle-Renton that a
Thomson.
jail run for profit has little incentive to transfer
"We meet the standards laid out in our contract,"
inmates to another facility.
he said.
"They want to collect the head tax," said Eisen.
That's not how Dr. Paul Humphries, the senior
Defence lawyer Ben Fedchuk told a Barrie court in
medical consultant to the Ministry of Public Safety
December that the jail's lack of concern for the
and Security, saw it when he visited the jail last
medical well being of inmates was "scandalous."
December.
Requests for medical attention for one of his clients,
Humphries, in an interview yesterday, said that
who was in the jail awaiting trial, were ignored even
when he visited the jail, he pulled medical charts of
after a judge recommended the man get medical
a number of inmates at random and found a
attention, said Fedchuk in an interview yesterday.
number of instances where the "institution was not
"The whole medical situation there is a disaster
compliant with ministry policies."
"There were a few things we didn't like ... it's not the waiting to happen," he said.
way our other (public) institutions are run," he said. Although Thomson has heard "occasional
complaints" from inmates' parents or lawyers, he's
While most of the non-compliance was of a minor
yet to hear anything from any judge, he said.
nature, "there were several instances that could
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Recommendations made by judges in warrants of
committal are considered by the jail on an individual
basis and are followed if they are found to be
appropriate for the inmate's program, said Thomson,
who added he didn't have statistics on how many
judges' recommendations are not followed.
"The courts have not contacted us," said Thomson,
adding he has asked for a meeting with local judges
and crown attorneys to discuss any concerns.
Complaints about the jail's medical practices are the
latest in list of issues at Ontario's experimental
facility.
Last month, the jail ended the practice of having the
race of inmates on their photo ID tags following
complaints that it was a violation of human rights.
Last September, more than 100 inmates rioted and
tried to escape using a battering ram.
Since then, a third of the inmate population has
remained in lockdown and are in their cells 19 hours
a day unless they are attending school or special
training.
A day before the riot, 187 guards voted to unionize.
McNamara said it took sending a letter to the local
medical officer of health before a hepatitis B
vaccination program was initiated for the jail guards.
"They were coming in with bites and scratches so
they were at serious risk," he said.
Public-run institutions vaccinate each of their staff
against Hepatitis B for about $100 each.
"But in a private-run enterprise, profit comes at the
expense of the workers and that's abhorrent," said
McNamara.
In discussions with the Ministry of Public Safety and
Security and jail management before the facility
opened, the local hospital was told to expect to see
about one inmate a week in the emergency
department.
"Instead of that we're seeing on average two a day. I
saw three myself this morning (Wednesday)," said
McNamara.
Such an influx of patients is putting a huge burden
on a local health service already designated as
under-serviced and a hospital already $3 million over
budget, said McNamara.
As the hospital doesn't have a secure area, patients
often find themselves lying next to an inmate in
shackles in the emergency room, he said.
Earle-Renton is not the only judge to express concern
in open court about treatment of some prisoners at
the facility.
"I'm hearing too much of this," said Justice Gary
Palmer in court on Dec. 23, 2002, after learning
that a man brought before him on drunk driving
charges was not getting his prescription medication
at the jail.
MPP David Levac (Brant), the Liberal prisons critic
who visited the jail on Tuesday, said he's been
hearing a lot about it.
"A lot of the complaints centre around inmates not
getting their medication," said Levac.
He described the atmosphere at the jail as "volatile."
"They've had one riot about conditions at the jail and
I can tell you that conditions are ripe for another,"
said Levac.
Roberta Avery
The Star, Feb. 28, 2003
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Untitled
I've heard it said
That dreams never die.
Whoever it was
Must have lied.
This cold hospital bed, Is now my throne.
Lesions cover my body
Ensuring that I'll be alone.
One brief moment of lust with a beautiful woman
Strangers offering comfort to one another.
My blood now teams with viral death
All from the lack of a small piece of rubber.
Even my family, with pity in their eyes.
Pretend I don't disgust them.
Why won't they hold me close
When my life is at its end.
When The Time Comes
Now I'll father no children
My only legacy a warning
Will anyone listen
Even on my funeral morning?
It’s hard to accept reality,
When you’re alone without that special somebody
Our actions turn into our stupid mistakes,
Didn’t think about the time or the heartaches
Please don't forget me
Or the disease that took my life.
It could happen to you
Or someone you care for.
So be careful and cautious as well
Always remember the story
That was mine to tell.
Now that it’s happening,
Wishing I did quit the smoking … the drinking
It’s all my fault and then comes regret
When the alcohol is consumed it fucks with you,
The demons make you do it
Shaggy
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I ask for mercy and forgiveness,
Wishing no one would go through this
I was six feet from the edge,
My mother’s heart suffers the damage
Forgive me for all I’ve done
Now appreciate the person I’ve become
I’ve had ups and downs, my slips, my falls
Sleepless nights behind prison walls
Define the word ‘realization’
When the phone and mail is your
Only source of communication
Kelly Cooper
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Kissing You Again
Sweet spring is here, my dearest love
The flowers are in bloom
Their fragrance travels through the air
And floats into my cell
Grim winter’s grip upon our love
Has given way, at last
And now, we are able to share again
What we had in the past
Pleasant memories flood my mind
My heart begins to race
At the thought of kissing you again
While in your warm embrace
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William Antoine
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Twelve steps to the door, it’s so close
What am I waiting for.
My failures and disappointments
Are mine to own
There is no one to blame
But me alone.
Twelve steps to the door, it’s so close
What am I waiting for.
The to has come to make a change
There are things in my life I must rearrange.
Twelve steps to the door
It’s time to go, I can’t wait no more.
D. Onman
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In the last 100 days
I’ve seen many faces
Faces that come and go
And in those faces
There’s something distinct
Something you should know
Looks of hate, looks of fear
From down their face
Runs a blood stained tear
From living in alleys
To apartment stairs
Jail is the place
Where anyone cares
From broken-down stairs
And broken-down homes
Into jail they retreat
To rest their bones
And just when you think
That they’ve gone insane
They’re let out on the street
To start all over again
James Nicholson
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ART CONTEST WINNERS
The idea for ‘Unlocking Our Futures: A National Study on
Women, Prison, HIV and Hepatitis C’ came about in the year
2000. PASAN recognized the need for the voices of incarcerated
federally sentenced women to be taken into consideration in
developing programs and services. Due to the fact that women
only make up 2% of the federally sentenced prisoners their
program needs are often overlooked. This study offers the voices
of women a opportunity to speak about their experiences.
Women talked about needing better programs in the area's of
community based education, prevention (needle exchange &
tattooing), and support when diagnosed with HIV and/or
Hepatitis C.
PASAN visited 9 institutions across Canada and spoke to 161
federally sentenced women. The information we gathered from
the women was invaluable. Their courage, insight and testimonies
were a great gift to PASAN and all the readers of the Unlocking
Our Futures report. Our decision to collect artwork from the
women came to us when women started to share even more of
themselves by sending us poems and artwork for cell count. We
were also blessed by women showing their work to us while we
were visiting the prisons.
We would like to extend our sincerest Thank you’s to all who
participated in the ‘Unlocking Our Futures’ Art Competition. We
received some lovely artwork and are happy to display some of it
in this issue of Cell Count. First Prize was issued to Debra ‘Jordi’
Lilly of B.C.C.W for her piece (at right). Second prize went to
Alison New (lower left) and third prize was also given to Jordi
(lower right).
Giselle Dias
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VOLUME 29
VEIN CARE
PAGE 9
Safer Crack Use Kits
Be kind to your veins, they’re the only ones you’ve got! Veins become leaky, infected and will eventually
collapse if they don’t have time to heal between injections. You can tell a vein has collapsed when it seems
to have disappeared or you can’t draw blood from it. To help prevent your veins from becoming damaged:
¨ try to use a different injection site for each time you shoot up
¨ learn how to inject in a number of places and with either hand so you’ll be
¨ able to use the other side if one side needs a rest
¨ save the “easy” spots for when you know you don’t have time
¨ shoot in the direction of your heart with the hole of the needle facing upwards
¨ taking oral vitamin C may help your veins repair themselves
These Kits Contain:
To make sure your vein is full of blood and easier to hit, try:
¨ clenching and relaxing your fist
¨ gently rubbing or slapping the skin over the vein
¨ soak your arm in warm water
¨ squeeze your bicep with your hand
¨ pushups, pull-ups or wrist curls
¨ use a tourniquet (belt, string, rubber bands, shoelaces, etc.)
* The Straight Shooter is a pipette made from
double-fired glass with rounded tips to help
prevent cuts to the fingers and lips. It doesn’t
heat up as quickly as some metal pipes and
won’t give off poisonous fumes like water bottles
or inhalers
REMEMBER THAT INFECTIONS ARE HARD TO HEAL,
IT IS BETTER TO PREVENT INFECTIONS
WHERE TO SHOOT
Always shoot in a vein, never an artery. To be sure you’re in the vein, pull back the plunger, if slow moving
dark red blood comes into the syringe, YOU’RE IN A VEIN. If the blood is bright red and frothy or if the
plunger is forced back by the pressure of blood, YOU’RE IN AN ARTERY – GET OUT! Untie, pull needle
out, raise the limb above your head if possible and apply pressure for 10 minutes. Also:
¨ areas that are furthest away from the heart heal the slowest and have the worst circulation (eg: feet)
¨ areas that are closest to the heart have veins that are near major arteries and nerves which can
cause serious damage if hit
¨ the veins in your arms are the safest places to shoot
¨ never inject where you feel a pulse (an artery)
¨ try to hit surface veins instead of deeper ones
¨ shoot in the direction of your heart
GOOD PLACES TO SHOOT
The veins in your upper arms and forearms are as safe as any!
BAD PLACES TO SHOOT
DO NOT fix into your eyes, face, armpits, penis or breasts, these veins are so fragile and hard to find that
they’re not worth the risk. The same goes for veins near your belly button and inner thigh, they are too
deep!
PLACES TO SHOOT ONLY IF YOU HAVE TO
Veins in the hands and feet are fragile and will hurt, inject slowly into these areas. Inject slowly into the
veins behind your knees also and be careful of the artery that runs next to the vein.
IF YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR JUGULAR ( in the neck)
Hits into your jugular are very dangerous. Chunks and clots can go quickly to your brain or heart and
cause a stroke or heart attack. Your best bet is not to shoot here at all. If you must, clean the area first
with alcohol, then shoot towards the heart and come in at the smallest angle possible - 35 degrees or less.
Flag it to make sure you’re in. Go as slow as possible and don’t stand up too fast. There is no 100% safe
way to shoot in your jugular.
GERMS
Germs cause abscesses including spit germs, skin germs and other people’s germs.
To avoid germs getting into your body while you’re fixing:
¨ don’t lick the bubble off the top of the point
¨ don’t lick the site before or after fixing
¨ don’t use a dirty mix like toilet water or spit (if you have to use toilet water, use the water in the
tank, not the bowl)
¨ don’t touch the filters too much
¨ avoid sharing spoons, water, filters and rigs with other people
¨ clean the site before fixing if you can with soap or alcohol
Straight Shooter
Alcohol Swabs
Vaseline (lip balm)
Chewing Gum
Matches
Extra Screens
Latex Condom
Water-based Lube
* Everyone should have their own pipe
* You should use several screens in the pipe
* Place in screen(s) level with the tip of the
stem, break up your rock and sprinkle onto the
screen
* Touch the flame to the stem briefly to melt
the rock instead of concentrating the heat and
move the flame along the stem to spread out
the heat
* Drink lots of water
* Clean your pipe regularly
* Take care of yourself
Safety Tips:
Use Vaseline on your lips to keep them from
cracking and burning – this helps stop the
spread of diseases like HIV, Hepatitis B & C
and Herpes
Avoid sharing pipes. If you must share, clean the
mouth piece with alcohol swabs in the kit
Vaseline is for your lips – when you fuck, use a
latex condom covered with water-based lube
Always use a latex condom when giving a blow
job and make sure you don’t have Vaseline on
your lips
Chew sugar-free gum to stop your teeth from
grinding
Allow time for the pipe to cool before using it
again
You can make a mouth-piece with an elastic
band, matchbook cover or a piece of tape so
you don’t hurt your lips or catch someone else’s
germs
Clean your pipe when it is cool
Replace screens as often as possible
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Immune‑Enhancing Rice
4 cups
2 cups
1.5 oz
water
brown rice
astragalus root
• Add astragalus to water, bring to boil, and simmer for 2 hours covered
• Remove from heat and let stand overnight.
• Remove astragalus, add enough water to bring back up to 4 cups. Add
rice and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until done. Approximately 1 hour.
Good Soup
8 cups
1 tbsp.
1 large
2 large
3‑4
1 clove
1‑1.5”
1 cup
1 bunch
5 slices
2 cups
1 whole
water
olive oil
large onion, diced
beets, diced
tomatoes, diced
garlic, minced
ginger root, peeled and chopped
burdock root, sliced
kale or beet greens, sliced
astragalus root (remove when done)
shitake mushrooms
reishi mushroom (removed when done)
celery seed, turmeric, tamari to taste
• Combine water and all ingredients in a large pot, bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, simmer for 2‑3 hours until vegetables are soft.
• Season to taste with celery seed, turmeric, or tamari.
• Eat as desired throughout the day.
Recipes compliments of Stephen Harrod Buhner
"Herbs for Hepatitis C and the Liver"
Apple, Carrot, and Beet Salad
1
2
1
'/2
2 tbsp
pinch
'/2 tsp
pinch
Outside? Have Hep C? Want more info?
Come out to a new group run by PASAN and Queen West Health
Centre!
Get info from speakers, make connections and much more. This
group covers issues like drugs/needles and Hep C, what to ask your
doctor, health updates, support and more.
Food is always provided. Next meeting dates are:
Thursday, April 10th 5:30pm- 7:30pm
Thursday June 12th 5:30pm -7:30pm
Thursday July 10th 5:30pm-7:30pm
Group is held at 168 Bathurst Street (just south of Queen).
For more info call:
Syrus @ PASAN 416-920-9567
tart apple (granny smith), peeled
carrots
beet
lemon, juiced
flax seed oil
sea salt
honey
black pepper
• In a bowl, grate the apple, carrots, and beet.
• Place the lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper in a screw‑top jar and shake.
Pour over salad, stir and serve.
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Alkaline - Acidic Foods
Alkaline
All vegetables
Most fruits
Millet
Buckwheat
Sprouted beans
Sprouted seeds
Olive oil
Soaked almonds
Balanced
Brown rice
Corn
Soybeans
Lima beans
Almonds
Sunflower seeds
Brazil nuts
Honey
Most beans & peas
Tofu
Non-fat milk
Vegetable oil
Acidic
Wheat
Oats
White rice
Pomegranates
Strawberries
Cranberries
Breads
Refined flour
Refined sugar
Cashew, pecan, peanut
Butter
Milk
Cheese
Eggs
Meat
Fish
Poultry
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VOLUME 29
“Taken By”
My people are taken by alcohol, the sex trade,
robbery, abuse, rape, speed, heroin, crack,
cocaine, angel dust, acid, ecstasy, and other
drugs out there!
Alcohol has taken over my people; rules their
every need, desire and they’ll do what is needed
to get it!
Drugs are used to freeze your deepest pain or
emotions from abuse, rape and emotional abuse.
‘RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS’ took it’s big toll on my
people’s language, culture, family and hope.
Both male and female all ABUSED or RAPED in
all forms. This is where the SILENCE started and
it’s still going on, IT’S GOT TO STOP NOW!
Mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunties and
uncles all got damaged. They take out their own
pain and rape their own daughters, sons,
nephews, nieces, granddaughters or grandsons.
We all need to heal and live the life that was
given to us, not them!
We had PRIDE, HOPE, STRENGTH, NO FEAR,
LOVE, UNDERSTANDING, CARING, GIVING,
LOOKED AFTER EACH OTHER, LOVED OUR
ELDERS, NO TALKING BACK TO THE ELDERS,
AND NEVER CALLING EACH OTHER DOWN.
It has us fighting each other! We should be
standing up together and healing together!
There is so much negative emotion and hate
that it has us dying of CANCER and every bad
disease that is out there in this world.
We took care of our body, mind, spirit and soul!
This is why we never got sick ever.
Now our people never live to see the life
expectancy we lived years ago!
By Veronica (Tigger) Jack
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IMPORTANT REMINDER
The next issue of Cell Count is the
Summer Edition and will have Prisoners’
Justice Day as it’s focus.
Prisoners’ Justice Day - August 10th is the day officially set aside for
prisoners and their supporters to
honour the memory of those who
have died unnatural deaths in prison.
Please send in your work to make this
year’s issue a very special one.
Deadline for submissions is June 15th.
We hope to have it printed & sent
out in the first week of July.
Call Mooky at PASAN for PJD
meeting times & local events.
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PENPALS CONTINUED
Dedicated to Randy K Calder
Here I sit thinking of the penpals that have come and gone for me.
None of them last long for me.
At this very moment I miss my boyfriend who took his life years ago.
Every minute that goes by am I going to hear from him again.
You are my strength, hope, love, and my faith. Deepest Desire.
Over time I’ll give up sending pictures out and have none in return.
Under the walls lies here my love, hope, strength and trust. Eric T,
Robert N, Richard S, Sean K, Curtis M, Marc, etc.
Variety of emotions from emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.
ECSTASY down the road for me in the future sometime soon!
Randy, he understands my fears, hopes and my life!
Nobbie, who was my lover, friend, partner and in my heart always!
Edge we all have seen it face to face do us all in everytime!
Evil has many faces: robbery, theft, rape, abuse, drugs and alcohol
Dreams are what keeps us real and alive!
Without them we would’ve ended our lives long ago.
But there have been some that have died behind these walls of loneli-
ness, sadness, fear, and regret.
Sunsets to warm our hearts with love, trust, faith, and hope.
Outburst is a place that we need of our own to help us face the day.
Memories of happy times, we all cherish them day in and day out.
Eternal memories of life, happy times are the best to think of.
Being outcast seems to always happen everywhere, in schools, etc.
NEED trust, faith, hope, love, understanding, patience and nerve.
ELECTRICITY OF HOPE, TRUST AND PATIENCE!!!
Sexy in the eyes of the beholder, not in the body.
Opposites attract and you’ll never know until you try it!
Bracing each other with lust, love, erotica, passion and tenderness
and prepare each other for the future we face together.
Doctor each other’s broken heart and fears and HEAL!
by Veronica (Tigger) Jack
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AIDS NEW BRUNSWICK (506) 459-7518
STREET CONNECTIONS
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WOMEN: 50 Argyle, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 0H6 (204) 943-6379
AIDS PEI
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PACIFIC AIDS RESOURCE CENTRE
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(902) 539-5556 Collect Calls.
ANISHNAWBE HEALTH AIDS PROGRAM
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ASIAN COMMUNITY AIDS SERVICE
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FIFE HOUSE
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Hotline (718) 378-7022 Collect Calls.
CACTUS
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CENTRE FOR AIDS SERVICES MONTREAL
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PETERBOROUGH AIDS RESOURCE NETWORK
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(306) 242-5005
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TORONTO PWA FOUNDATION
399 Church St, 2nd Flr, Toronto, M5B 2J6 416-506-1400
email changes to:
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PRAIRIES
77 Queensway West, Ste 101, Mississauga, L5B 1B7 905-896-8700
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Toll Free: 1-800-361-2895 or (705) 749-9110 Collect Calls.
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PASAN
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POSITIVE WOMEN’S NETWORK
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AIDS NIAGARA
(604) 527-8605 Collect Calls.
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Fax: (403) 346-2352 Toll Free: 1-877-346-8858 (Alberta only)
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