Prisoners' Legal Services
The West Coast Prison Justice Society operates a legal clinic in BC and promotes the rule of law within prisons and the fair and humane treatment of prisoners.
@drlisacorrigan.bsky.social
Rhetoric prof and author of Prison Power (2016) and Black Feelings (2020); both from @UPMiss. Editor of #MeToo: A Rhetorical Zeitgeist (Routledge).
@prisonculture.bsky.social
co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, etc...
@ccpabc.bsky.social
Social, economic and environmental justice. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, British Columbia. Reposts are not endorsements.
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@wcelaw.bsky.social
Transforming the legal landscape. We’re a non-profit org safeguarding the environment with legal strategies that bridge Indigenous and Canadian law. Since 1974 🌱 Visit: wcel.org
@ccrjustice.org
We fight against oppression. We stand with social justice activists and communities under threat. We use the power of the law to achieve justice for all. ccrjustice.org
@chasestrangio.bsky.social
@policingblack.bsky.social
New on here. Author of Policing Black Lives (Fernwood/Duke University Press, 2025) and co-author of Rehearsals for Living (Haymarket 2023). More at www.robynmaynard.com
@dj-larkin.bsky.social
Community-led responses, human rights, drug user rights, housing rights, evidence matter. My job is with @candrugpolicy views are mine
@bccla.bsky.social
Equality. Liberty. Freedom. Justice. Fighting for civil liberties and human rights since 1962 through Litigation, Law Reform & Public Legal Education. bccla.org/donate
@solitarywatch.bsky.social
Shining light into the darkest corners of the U.S. punishment system. http://solitarywatch.org | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/swdispatch | Support: http://bit.ly/givesw
@aclu.org
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
@pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social
Using the law as a tool, we challenge unjust legislation, policies & practices that undermine human rights, intensify poverty, and perpetuate stigma. www.pivotlegal.org
@vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social
Constitutional law professor @uottawa.bsky.social | Co-Director @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social | Canadian team lead @ucnpproject.bsky.social. Executive branch constitutionalism, rights, interpretation, the unwritten constitution https://macdonnell.substack.com
@coleenlisa.bsky.social
Law prof at Queen's in Kingston. Criminal law, evidence, sentencing, prisons.
@johnhowardcanada.bsky.social
Promoting our blog - johnhoward.ca/category/blog - with more than 250 posts since 2017 on criminal justice issues in Canada.
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social
Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
@kkirkup.bsky.social
National health journalist for The Globe and Mail, 🇨🇦’s national newspaper. Based in Ottawa. Contact: [email protected]. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/kristy-kirkup/
@prisonpolicy.org
Challenging mass incarceration and over-criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing. Get email updates: https://prisonpolicy.org/subscribe/
@endsolitary.bsky.social
Advocating for the rights of incarcerated people, prison reform, and the wrongfully convicted. Abolitionist of solitary confinement.
@clasbc.bsky.social
Legal assistance on #housing, #humanrights, government benefits, #mentalhealth and #workersrights. + law reform #A2J For the Human Rights
@kpateonthehill.bsky.social
📍 Working from Algonquin Anishinabe Aki, Homeland of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation, for equitable access to robust social, economic & health supports. Worked with/for marginalized, victimized, criminalized & institutionalized-CoHost of Appointed podcast
@justicepolicy.bsky.social
A national research and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting fair and effective policies in the criminal legal system & reducing the use of incarceration. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/justicepolicy
@bccfe.bsky.social
The British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is Canada's largest HIV research, treatment & education organization.
@crimeandjustice.bsky.social
A fair, effective and accountable justice system, in a society less dominated by criminalisation and punishment
@camhnews.bsky.social
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital. We believe that #MentalHealthIsHealth
@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social
Recognized global leader in the movement for health and human rights. Un leader mondial du mouvement pour la santé et les droits humains. #HIV #VIH www.HIVLegalNetwork.ca
@davidebybc.bsky.social
Premier of BC. Leader of the BC NDP. MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey. Husband and father of three.
@camhfoundation.ca
We drive change by inspiring support of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) – one of the world’s leading mental health research hospitals. Mental health research is saving lives today. #MentalHealthIsHealth
@westcoastleaf.bsky.social
We're a not-for-profit in BC striving to end gender discrimination through equality rights litigation, law reform, and public legal education. Check out our work: www.westcoastleaf.org
@megaphonemagazine.com
Megaphone provides work opportunities & community connection for people who are homeless & low income in Vancouver, BC. #changethatworks https://linktr.ee/megaphonemag
@thetyee.ca
Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
@georgiastraight.bsky.social
Vancouver's home for arts, events, entertainment, music, food, and culture. Established in 1967. straight.com 🔗
@open-society.bsky.social
We work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their people. Our website: https://osf.to Community guidelines: http://osf.to/CG
@peopleslaw.bsky.social
Free legal information on everyday topics ⚖️ Practical, helpful content 👨🏽💻 BC-based non-profit org 🏔️ Have you met Beagle+, our GenAI legal chatbot 🤖? beagle.peopleslawschool.ca peopleslawschool.ca
@nycabc.bsky.social
We demand freedom for all U.S.-held political prisoners and prisoners of war.
@ubcic.bsky.social
In 1969 the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs was created to fight PM Pierre Trudeau's White Paper & to defend Indigenous Title & Rights
@incarceratedvoters.bsky.social
@transformdrugs.bsky.social
Transform is an independent NGO, and UK registered charity, working nationally and internationally towards more just and effective drugs policies, including a safer system of legal regulation for all drugs. https://transformdrugs.org/
@harmreductionintl.bsky.social
We envision a world in which drug policies uphold dignity, health and rights. We use data and advocacy to promote harm reduction and drug policy reform. hri.global
@jailsaction-jac.bsky.social
The New York City Jails Action Coalition (JAC) is a grassroots alliance that includes the formerly incarcerated, as well as other community members working to promote human rights, dignity, & safety for all people in NYC jails. www.jailsactioncoalition.com
@frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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@monish.bsky.social
#Migration #Asylum #State #Race #Violence #Surveillance #CriminalLegalSystem Academic. University of York, Sociology. Personal account (and views are mine). He/Him 🌈
@lawfoundationon.bsky.social
The Law Foundation of Ontario had been advancing access to justice since 1974. Subscribe to receive granting opportunities and other news: http://bit.ly/2CKC1St
@martinmacmahon.bsky.social
Journalist at CTV Vancouver. Please send tips and story ideas to: [email protected]
@cplealberta.bsky.social
@dyingwithdignity.ca
The national human-rights charity committed to improving quality of dying, protecting end-of-life rights and helping people across Canada avoid unwanted suffering. Find us at dyingwithdignity.ca Facebook: @DWDCanada Instagram: @dwdcanada