The Wish List Series: A Conversation with Professor Justin Piche

Published: June 15, 2021, 5:07 p.m.

b'Note: This episode was recorded in February 2021, and contains references to African Heritage Month.\\n \\nEpisode Summary:\\n \\nOn this Episode, Senator Kim Pate is joined by Professor Justin Pich\\xe9. Kim and Justin discuss his prison-related \\u201cwish list\\u201d, which ranges from limiting the spread of COVID in prisons to long-term and on-going diversion and decarceration measures in Canada. Their conversation also considers what effective community and government response to COVID in prisons and other institutions should look like, ending mass incarceration, and the impact of race, colonialism, gender, class and poverty on these issues.\\n \\nAbout Justin Pich\\xe9: \\n\\nJustin Pich\\xe9, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Director of the Carceral Studies Research Collective at the University of Ottawa. He is Co-managing Editor of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (JPP) published by the University of Ottawa Press, which features peer-reviewed articles written by current and former prisoners.\\n \\nRead his full biography here: https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/people/piche-justin-0\\n \\nFollow Justin Pich\\xe9 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinpicheh'