Abolitionism and the Criminal Justice System
identify a local initiative that could be expanded or an initiative from elsewhere that could be
established in Ottawa as a means of alleviating crowding at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, while also
serving as an alternative among many to building a new and bigger jail in Eastern Ontario. From there, locate
your proposed initiative within the attrition model and what it entails, and discuss its merits and potential
pitfalls as an alternative to confinement and/or punishment.