The Connect Prison Project consists of monthly creative harm reduction and sexual health workshops at Leclerc Institution, the provincial women's prison in Laval. Our goal is to hold space for discussions that promote health and wellbeing in a prison context, and to break isolation by connecting incarcerated people with members of their communities on the outside. This project was started in 2017 in collaboration with members of AIDS Community Care Montreal and continues with their support.
Connect Prison Project is currently on hiatus until the situation with the pandemic changes and we are able to visit inside again. We urge you to get involved with the various campaigns calling for the release of prisoners and to defund the carceral system and reinvest in community supports in your area. Find more information through the Criminalization & Punishment Education Project and defund.ca.