Books published by University of Ottawa Press

Contributors address a range of themes including prisoner interactions, gender and patriarchal domination in women's prisons, as well as health care and mental health behind bars.

Contributors explore how educating oneself behind bars, particularly through peer and independent learning, has liberatory and transformative potential.

Featuring dozens of contributions written by criminalized men and women currently incarcerated in Correctional Service Canada (CSC) institutions. The writings document the counterproductive changes to federal imprisonment made by the previous federal government.