{"id":12002,"date":"2013-11-28T15:40:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T20:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?p=12002"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:43:14","slug":"public-forum-conditions-at-the-ottawa-carleton-dention-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/2013\/public-forum-conditions-at-the-ottawa-carleton-dention-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 28 | Public forum: Conditions at the OCDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Nov. 28 | Public forum: Conditions at the OCDC\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/storage.canoe.ca\/v1\/dynamic_resize\/sws_path\/suns-prod-images\/1297352031443_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&amp;size=650x\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit (Errol McGihon\/Ottawa Sun)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca\/crm\/criminalization-punishment-education-project\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Criminaliza<\/strong><strong>tion<\/strong> <strong>and Punishment Education Project<\/strong><\/a> <strong><\/strong>presents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">a<strong> Public Forum <\/strong>on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"crowding-and-conditions-at-the-ottawa-carleton-detention-centrecauses-consequences-and-solutions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Crowding and Conditions at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre:<br>\nCauses, Consequences, and Solutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"thursday-november-28-600-p-m-southam-hall-theatre-b-carleton-university\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, November 28 | 6:00 p.m.<strong><br>\n<\/strong><strong>Southam Hall Theatre B, Carleton University<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Crowding, violence, lack of health care, use of segregation, and other conditions at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) on Innes Road have been a frequent focus of public and media concern in recent years. This public forum and discussion is free and open to all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">List of speakers (in order):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aaron Doyle<\/strong> (criminologist) (moderator)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jason Gilbert<\/strong> (lawyer, brought case against OCDC in 2004 over extra time served because of poor conditions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jamie Nelson<\/strong> (former prisoner, wrongfully convicted)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maeve McMahon<\/strong> (criminologist)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Paul Champ<\/strong> (lawyer, represented Christina Jahn who recently got a settlement from Ontario Human Rights Tribunal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hassan Diab<\/strong> (former prisoner)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Catherine Latimer<\/strong> (executive director, John Howard Society national)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deepan Budlakoti<\/strong> (former prisoner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you have questions about attending or participating, please contact Professor Aaron Doyle at [aaron_doyle@carleton.ca].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>We hope to see you there!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Criminalization and Punishment Education Project presents a Public Forum on: Crowding and Conditions at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions Thursday, November 28 | 6:00 p.m. Southam Hall Theatre B, Carleton University Crowding, violence, lack of health care, use of segregation, and other conditions at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) on Innes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}