
What’s it like to find out that someone you love has committed a crime, has hurt someone? Not top of mind thinking for most people, unless you are a prison family member. If you are, those thoughts intrude on pretty much every waking moment. People that we love have harmed someone else. That hurts. They have also harmed us, emotionally, financially, sometimes physically. This series explores the i... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 13 | Founded | a year ago |
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In spite of it all, there is hope. It pokes through all of this darkness like sunbeams, despite the best efforts of a dark system to hold the light back. In this episode, get to know MOMS, Mothers Offering Mutual Support, founded in Ontario in 2012... more
Trigger Warning: This episode deals with death by neglect in an Ontario institution.
We are joined by Jennifer to tell us the story of her funny, beloved brother Bill.
Prepare to fall in love, both with her and with Bill.
Email us @ prisonfamilyp... more
Trigger Warning: This episode deals with needless death and suicide.
Nadine tells us about her precious 19 year old son, not convicted of any crime, who was tortured inside the Edmonton Remand Centre and took his own life to avoid further pain.
Y... more
We meet Dr. Beverly Jacobs in this episode, a specialist in indigenous law and a champion of Indigenous legal rights. She is all too familiar with the bias that is inherent in every aspect of our criminal justice system. We'll spend some time with ... more
What is it like, as an innocent family member, to interact with prison staff? What's it like to visit someone who is in jail? What do families endure to have a few precious face to face moments with the people they love? What the hell is an ion ... more
Does the Canadian criminal justice system, for all the huge investment we make in it, produce the results we expect? It's a system that often breaks our loved ones and us in the process. Family members reflect on the outlandish notion that criminal... more
Meet Marilee Sherry and Valerie Rhodes, two incredibly accomplished child welfare specialists from the Child Welfare Truth Telling Collective. Want to know what happens to a child when a parent is incarcerated? Merilee, Val and our friend Louise L... more
Madeline, Gail and Jake reflect on how their relationships have shifted over time as the result of Jake's incarceration. Tania joins us to talk about how their family went through the prison journey with her daughter and how they have successfully na... more










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