About

Prisoner Legal Supports is a not-for-profit organization made up of lawyers, law students and researchers committed to providing free and accessible legal services to people experiencing incarceration and those supporting them.  We are based in Ottawa with services offered across Ontario.

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Our Goal

We aim to reduce the harms caused by incarceration and criminalization for individuals and their loved ones  while engaging in activism and legal challenges for social change. Our purpose is to support criminalized communities now so that we can build a future that does not rely on incarceration and criminalization in the future.

Our Team

​Alexandria Bonney
​Lawyer, Director ​

Alexandria Bonney is a lawyer and Part-Time Professor at the University of Ottawa in the Faculty of Law. She is a Board Member of the Ottawa Elizabeth Fry Society. Alexandria's practice areas include civil litigation, Charter litigation and human rights. 

Lydia Dobson
​Lawyer, Director 

Lydia Dobson is a lawyer and Part-Time Professor at the University of Ottawa in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. Lydia's practice areas include grievance arbitration and human rights and Charter litigation. 

Morgan Taylor
​MSS Criminology Candidate, Lead Project and Administrative Coordinator 

Morgan Taylor is a MSS Criminology (specialization in feminist and gender studies) candidate at the University of Ottawa. Her studies and career goals are oriented toward the decriminalization and destigmatisation of sex work; with a broader interest in abolition, human rights, and reinvesting into communities. 

Nayab Ahmed
Fellowship Law Student

Nayab Ahmed is going into her 3rd year of Law School at the University of Ottawa. Nayab's role at PLS consist of monitoring the Jail Hotline and conducting various research and report projects. Her interest include immigration and refugee law, as well as abolition. 

Ailie Sullivan 
Prison Law Practicuum Student 

Ailie Sullivan is a Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Ottawa. With a background in political science, she is primarily interested in youth criminal law, international criminal law, international human rights, and transitional justice. 

Anthony Plangger
Prison Law Practicuum Student 

Anthony Plangger is going into his 3rd year of Law School at the University of Ottawa. Along with helping out with services offered at PLS, Anthony is working on research regarding prisoner labor rights and prisoner justice.