AKA

747 Presents Prison World
February 28th @ 7:47pm, AKA
A short documentary about the Prison Revolts in Greece in 2007
(DIY, 35 minutes, subtitles, 2008)

In the morning of Monday, April 23, 2007, prisoners at the prison of Malandrino in Fokida, mainland Greece, revolted. The spark igniting the revolt was the beating of anarchist prisoner Yiannis Dimitrakis as well as the vicious, violent response of the guards to the protests staged by his co-prisoners. The revolt spread to at least 11 other prisons and lasted for 4 days.

Prisons in Greece are not unfamiliar with revolts and protests, due in large part to the political use of prisons as a means of repression by the Greek state, and the inhumane conditions within them. November 2008 saw a month of prison revolt involving some 90% of Greece’s 11,700 prisoners.

The film will be followed by a banner and sign-making party hosted by End the Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC) for the picket called for by the Save Our Farms Coalition at Corrections Canada Regional Headquarters on Monday morning at 7:30am. More info: http://www.saveourfarms.ca or email epic (at) riseup.net