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| Short-term inmates have less access to treatment: auditor general |
| By cbc.ca- Guy Quenneville |
| Published: 03/04/2015 |
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Inmates in N.W.T. serving shorter sentences aren't receiving treatment targeted at the offence they had committed, according to a report by Canada's auditor general. The auditor general identified numerous major concerns about the N.W.T. corrections system in the report released Tuesday, touching on everything from the availability of rehabilitation programs to safety gaps at some facilities. The report examined the files of 48 randomly-sampled male inmates housed at the North Slave Correctional Centre in Yellowknife and the male unit of the Fort Smith Correctional Complex between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2014. Almost all had previous convictions, and over half were serving sentences for violent offences and had a long criminal history. Read More. |
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