This year marked 15 years of new years eve noise demos at the Barton Jail in Hamilton. A group of around 50 people marched around the jail, setting off fireworks, throwing paint bombs and shouting our new years greetings to our neighbours who are locked up. The Barton Jail is a horrific place where every day people experience degradation, dehumanization, and neglect at the hands of COs, administration, and a society that would prefer to forget about them. From denial of medical care, overcrowding, freezing cold cells, to the bleak isolation imposed by the prison system, this dark season feels like an especially important time to let folks know they aren’t forgotten.