We ask that birth alerts are ended immediately and enhanced supports are made available to help marginalized parents with their pregnancies, birth, and parenting experiences.

Wellness Within’s work and advocacy is deeply rooted in our commitment to decarceration and defunding the police. We have called on Halifax to defund, disarm, and dismantle the Halifax Regional Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

We welcome and support the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) policy shift in the last few years to be trans-inclusive and we cannot let this work go anywhere but forward…

We were angered, but sadly not surprised, to see a video circulating on social media in which a white Halifax police officer threatens the life of a Black man who has his hands up. This behaviour follows a trend of racist violence by HRP members towards Black community members…

As doulas and supporters of people experiencing pregnancy and criminalization, we see the harm caused by lack of access to affordable contraception. One in two women who experience incarceration has had an abortion, and on average incarcerated women have had four children. These rates are far higher than the general population.

On December 1, 2020, over 100 individuals and 40 groups across the country signed on to an open letter in support of prisoners at SCC, calling for immediate action to address the COVID crisis and prevent a similarly dangerous spread at other institutions in the province.

We urge immediate action to address the recent displacement of people, including a mother and baby, from the Fraser Valley Institution minimum security unit, known as the Annex, to the main (general population) facility.

We urge immediate action to address the human rights violations reported inside CNSCF.

Global protests responding to systemic racism in law enforcement have prompted calls for change including defunding policing, increased accountability, and reinvesting in community-based services. This incident of racial profiling occured only one month after…

We ask that you stop what you are doing and demand that our leaders call for a comprehensive public inquiry of the largest mass murder in Canada in our lifetimes. Flood their inboxes with emails demanding a public inquiry. Tag their social media accounts telling them all the reasons why we need a public inquiry.

Racialized Canadians deserve better. Policing is broken and more money for tanks, training or community dialogue won’t fix it. WWW demands disarming and defunding the HRP.

WWW stands with Solidarity Across Borders and hunger striking prisoners being held in immigration detention in Laval, QC and is calling for the immediate release of all migrant prisoners in light of COVID-19 for the duration of the pandemic.

Women's Wellness Within call for action to be taken to ensure health, safety and human rights of incarcerated populations as well as public safety during COVID-19 crisis.

We call for HRP to respond through public engagement and policy change.

By provincial and international law, including the United Nations Mandela Rules, the Province is required to provide health service to incarcerated people. Mr. Hiles was denied appropriate care. He was treated unjustly. He died because of it.

Many people who are remanded do not go on to be convicted. Most people convicted of crimes in Canada are given non-custodial sentences served in the community.