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Trouble ahead, prison officers warn

By Kenyon Wallace The union representing Ontario’s correctional officers is warning that the federal government’s new omnibus crime bill is a recipe for trouble in the province’s already overcrowded penal institutions. The Conservatives’ Safe Streets and Communities Act, which passed in March, eliminates double credit for time served, creates mandatory minimum sentences and mandates more […]

Published Jul 20, 2012 at 11:31am

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