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Ashley Avery and Emma Halpern

Ashley Avery and Emma Halpern

Warehoused in crowded jails, it’s time for government to bring our most marginalized community members home

Warehoused in crowded jails, it’s time for government to bring our most marginalized community members home

November 26, 2020

When COVID-19 hit, Nova Scotia’s provincial prisoner population was reduced by 41 percent in just a few months. The women’s unit at Central Nova was down to just seven prisoners. Now all that work has been undone, write Ashley Avery and Emma Halpern.

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