‘Bloody bad business’: prison reform advocate calls for Canada’s last prison labour-operated abattoir to finally close

As the expiration date looms for the CSC's partnership with Wallace Beef Inc. to operate the slaughterhouse, Conservative MP Scott Reid warns that the closure of the abattoir would have severe negative impacts on local beef farmers.

A look inside the abattoir at the Joyceville Institution, where prison labour is used to operate a commercial facility as part of an 'on-the-job' training program for inmates. Photograph courtesy of Calvin Neufeld

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BY STUART BENSON

September 26, 2022

A prison reform advocacy group is renewing its calls on the federal government to finally close Canada’s last remaining prison labour-operated abattoir at the Joyceville and Pittsburgh institutions in Kingston, Ont., after its contract is set to expire on Sept. 30.�...

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