In the context of a week long hunger strike, a group of prisoners at the Bordeaux prison in Montreal communicated the following demands to their lawyer on May 11, 2020 #FreeThemAll #FreeThemAllCaravan #BordeauxHungerStrike #soutienauxdetenus https://www.noprisons.ca/voices/bordeaux-demandes

1. We demand the release of more prisoners, because what was announced last week affects only a tiny fraction of the detainees. In Bordeaux, very few prisoners meet the categories specified by the decree.

We should not be playing with people's lives – COVID-19 is a fatal disease. We are not reassured by the measures taken to date;

2. We demand that each day spent in Bordeaux count for three days of prisoners’ sentence, since the conditions in the prison are radically diminished and unacceptable: there are no more visits, no activities, no TV, nothing to do all day;

3. We demand that prisoners with one year or less remaining on their sentence receive early release;

4. We demand prisoners receive personal protective equipment. At the moment, prisoners have access to gloves, but they are gloves for serving food - this isn’t adequate. Prisoners do not have any access to masks, and we demand access to masks;

5. Prisoners in some sectors have been granted X-Boxes, while others have not. We demand access to more activities;

6. We demand the creation of a prisoners committee and the recognition of this committee by the prison, in order to constitute a common front;

7. We demand to know how the Bordeaux prisoners’ fund is used - where does the money from this fund go?

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