Vigils for ethical prison farms to be held outside Collins Bay Institution

Millhaven Institution on lockdown

Contraband seizure at Collins Bay Institution results in lockdown

Lockdown and search at Millhaven Institution ended

Lockdown at Millhaven Institution

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Michelle Allan 2 Comments Calvin Neufeld, climate emergency, Collins Bay Institution, Correctional Service Canada (CSC), cows, dairy cattle, Evolve Our Prison Farms, Feihe, goat milk, goats, Joyceville Institution, Kingston, MP Mark Gerretsen, penal agriculture, penitentiary, plant-based farming, prison farms, Save Our Prison Farms

The introduction of beef and dairy cows at the new Joyceville and Collins Bay prison farms has drawn the concern of Evolve Our Prison Farms, a campaign for “plant-based prison farms in Canada enhanced by farmed animal sanctuary.” The group will begin holding weekly vigils in front of Collins

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September 6, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments exceptional search, Kingston, lockdown, maximum security, Millhaven Institution, penitentiary, prison

Millhaven Institution is currently on lockdown as staff members conduct an exception search of the maximum security federal institution. The lockdown was put in place at approximately 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. The search was ordered to ensure the safety and security of the institution, its staff, and

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August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Bath Road, Collins Bay Institution, Collins Bay Penitentiary, contraband, Correctional Service Canada, Kingston, lockdown, penitentiary, prison, search, seizure

The medium-security unit at Collins Bay Institution is currently on lockdown after a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized. The seizure took place at approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, and was the “result of the vigilance of staff members,” according to a press release from

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August 9, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Bath, contraband, Correctional Service Canada, CSC, exceptional search, Kingson, lockdown, Millhaven Institution, penitentiary, prison, search

Numerous unauthorized items were found as a result of the lockdown and exceptional search at Millhaven Institution, which has now ended, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC). The lockdown was put in place on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 in order to carry out the exceptional search. The search was ordered

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August 1, 2018 Tori Stafford Correctional Service Canada, lockdown, maximum security, Millhaven Institute, penitentiary, prison

At about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, a lockdown was put in place at Millhaven Institution, located just outside of Kingston in Bath, Ont. The maximum-security federal institution has been placed on lockdown to conduct an “exceptional search,” according to a press release from Correctional Service Canada (CSC).