Prison-reform advocate calls on feds to permanently kill the Joyceville slaughterhouse

The Joyceville Institution abattoir closed in 2022, and despite thousands of dollars in maintenance, getting the facility back up and running may no longer be economically feasible.

During a tour of the Joyceville prison abattoir last November, Evolve Our Prison Farms founder Calvin Neufeld said 'even the air felt unhealthy,' and without significant spending and thorough renovations, he doesn't believe any food should ever be produced inside again. Photographs courtesy of Calvin Neufeld

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BY STUART BENSON

May 28, 2024

More than a year and a half after the Joyceville Institution abattoir in Kingston, Ont., closed down, Ontario beef farmers are ramping up the pressure on the federal government to give the 60-plus-year-old slaughterhouse a new lease on life. However, prison-farm-reform advoc...

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