A Look Inside Women's Shelters

Canada Court Watch has assembled a set of recordings and documents by former residents of women's shelters in Ontario. They give a picture differing greatly from the image of women's shelters promoted by either proponents or critics.

The sound clips are in mp3 format. To listen to them you will need a computer with a sound system, and a media player capable of playing mp3. With a low speed connection, right click on the link and download the whole mp3 file before playing it.

This set was with a resident of Denise House in Oshawa Ontario.

• A description of the food served.
• The staff had better food.
• Wormy food. (not for skittish listeners)
• Children used to spy on mothers.
• Staff maltreats residents.
• Child learns to kick and bite.
• Kids become violent.
• Why no daddies?
• Dads are needed.
• Staff is manipulative.
• Cannot reconcile with husband.
• Denise House shunned.
• Ruse to steal kids.
• Staff spread client gossip.
• Pass-along abuse.
• Phones click.
• Staff won't take phone messages.
• Staff resents successful client.
• Get a divorce! Now!
• Let her abandon baby!
• Boyfriend per fetus.
• Breastfeeding is perverse.
• Shelter abuses child.
• Mother targeted by child snatchers.
• Agencies ignore problems at shelter.
• Taxpayers fund serial lover.
• Luxury for donors, penury for residents.
• Rationing of donated supplies and equipment.
• Fathers cursed in front of children.
• Shelter more abusive than husband.
• Stay away from men.
• Escape from shelter back to husbands.
• Shelter agenda.
• Time to take on system.

The Russian woman Irene interviewed in the following set is an immigrant who is qualified as a physician in her home country, but a layman in Canada.

• Immigrant sent to shelter.
• Sent to Toronto.
• Staff alienates children from mother.
• Staffer is a Lesbian.
• Shelter forces medicine on boy.
• Shelter teaches boy to swear.
• Client cannot report assault.
• Don't read, just sign!
• Worse than prison.
• Police called.
• Where KBG can learn.

Three other women describe their experiences in women's shelters.

• Seduce vulnerable women.
• Life in the labor camp.
• Children's zoo.

Here is an interview with a girl, one of two taken from their father. It is in flv format (flash video), 42 megabytes.

• Interview with girl.

These are not a recordings, but letters.

• Letter to Jean Cretien.
• A husband's experience.
• Children taught that men beat women.
• Women's shelter assists shotgun divorce.
• Support your local women's shelter.
• Is this an advertisement?