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Media, News and Events Although the decision to axe federal prison farm programs was announced with little fanfare, the word is getting out and opposition to the move is growing.
Corrections ignoring public Riverbend inmate says prison farm system not just about gaining employment skills Prison farm closures show how out of touch the Government is EVENT: Save Our Farms Barbeque in support of the Prison Farms Bleak future for prison harvest Nicole Huck, The Sasquatch, August 2009 Prison workers protest closure of farm program for inmates The Calgary Herald, July 23, 2009 Instructors rally to save farm at Riverbend Institution Tessa Holloway , Prince Albert Daily Herald, July 23, 2009 Get free farm fare in Sackville tomorrow Jesse Robichaud, Moncton Times-Transcript, July 9, 2009 ‘Faintest glimmer of hope’ that prison farm won’t close Suzanne Atkinson, Eastern Ontario AgriNews, July 2009 Campaign mounting to keep local prison farm operating Katie Tower, Sackville Tribune Post, July 2, 2009 EVENT – 'Save our Farms' campaign to host barbecue in support of the Westmorland Institution Prison system must cut costs: report Kathleen Harris, Winnipeg Sun, June 16, 2009 Straight Goods.ca, June 10, 2009 Time is running out on nation's prison farms Owen Roberts, Guelph Mercury, June 8, 2009 Prison unions protest farm closures Ian Elliot, Kingston Whig-Standard, June 3, 2009 Union fighting government's plan to close prison farm Campaign launched to save prison farm Prison abattoir avoids chopping block Rob Tripp, Kingston Whig-Standard, May 20, 2009 Bowden prison farm plants final harvest Canada to shut down all prison farms Prison farms: Should they stay or should they go? Janet Creasy, Kingston This Week, April 2, 2009 Prison farms teach valuable skills Save the prison farms Closure of prison farms deemed a federal cash grab Rob Tripp, Sun Media, March 2009 Stephen Petrick, Kingston This Week, March 20,2009 Prison farm closures irk union Rob Tripp, Kingston Whig-Standard, March 2009 Town to fight prison farm closure Katie Tower, Sackville Tribune-Post, March 18, 2009 N.B. prison farm to close doors Cole Hobson, Moncton Times-Transcript, March 7, 2009 Closing prison farms contrary to supporting local food markets Napanee Guide, March 5, 2009 Jeff Green, Frontenac News, March 2009 Government of Canada to close Ontario prison farms, end rehabilitation program Conserving Wetlands at Frontenac's Correctional Institution
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