UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Please join us on May 13th for an evening of information and discussion to plan community action and show our collective opposition to the Province's proposed prison in Kemptville.  For more information, click here.   To register, email CAPP.
  
   

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NEW CAPP VIDEO:  Why the Ford/Clark prison is a bad idea

PAST EVENTS:

On Feb 2, 2021 and Dec 8, 2020, CAPP held public forums about the proposed Kemptville prison. Please visit our YouTube page to hear the speakers from both our forums:

   

• Mar 31, 2021:  Concerns About proposed prison voiced at public meeting, North Grenville Times
   

• Mar 26, 2021:  New concerns about provincial prison in Kemptville discussed during council meeting, Inside Ottawa Valley
   

• Mar 26, 2021: Still Lots Of Uncertainty On Proposed Prison Following Special Council Meeting, My Kemptville Now
   

• Mar 24, 2021:  North Grenville residents speak out against proposed Kemptville prison, City News
   

• Mar 23, 2021:  YouTube video:  Municipal Council meeting, residents speak out against proposed prison.
   

• Mar 13, 2021: Kemptville prison opposition groups to have their voices heard at special council meeting March 23, Inside Ottawa Valley
   

• Mar 9, 2021:  Conversation with Victor Lachance and Colleen Lynas from CAPP, Podcast, North Grenville Times
   

• Mar 9, 2021:  Special Council Meeting Set To Discuss Proposed Prison In Kemptville, My Kemptville Now
   

• Mar 3, 2021:  Eastern Ontario should say no to prison expansion, Ottawa Citizen
   

• Mar 3, 2021:  Why new prisons may not bring new jobs, TVO.org
   

• Mar 3, 2021:  Feisty opposition to prison on Kemptville College farmland, Farmers Forum
   

• Feb 18, 2021:  Coalition Against Proposed Prison Information Session, North Grenville Times
   

• Feb 16, 2021: Kemptville residents against prison debate failed correctional system, doubt rehabilitation claims, Inside Ottawa Valley
   

• Feb 4, 2021:  CAPP Looks for Answers from Municipality and Province, My Kemptville Now
   

• Feb 3, 2021:  Opponents Against New Prison Anywhere, Not Just Kemptville:  Nation Valley News
   

• Jan 29, 2021:  Public Forum Being Held To Speak Out Against Proposed Kemptville Prison, Kemptville Now
   

• Jan 27, 2021:  Challenging the Economic Benefits, Letter to the Editor, North Grenville Times
   

• Jan 27, 2021:  Asking for the Evidence, Letter to the Editor, North Grenville Times
   

• Dec 23, 2020:  Open letter to Steve Clark, Letter to the Editor, North Grenville Times
   

• Dec 9, 2020:  Alan Neal interviews CAPP spokesperson, Colleen Lynas, CBC Radio's All in a Day
   

• Dec 9, 2020: A better vision for Kemptville, Guest Editorial, North Grenville Times  
   

• Dec 9, 2020:  Keeping watch on the neighbours, The North Dundas Times
   

• Dec 2, 2020:  Proposed Kemptville jail meets with resistance, The Toronto Star
   

• Dec 2, 2020:  Prison Benefits Bureaucrats, North Grenville Times
   

• Nov 17, 2020:  Prison planned for downtown Kemptville divides residents, Inside Ottawa Valley
   

• Nov 9, 2020:  Kemptville residents protest against proposed new jail, CBC Ottawa
   

• Nov 4, 2020:  Stakeholders Meeting Solidified Our Opposition to the Proposed Prison, North Grenville Times
   

• Aug 27, 2020:  Province to build 2 new jails, upgrade 3 others in eastern Ontario, CBC Ottawa

NEWS ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS: