|
|
| Union says bosses warned |
| By The Whig Standard |
| Published: 04/04/2008 |
|
ONTARIO, CANADA - Senior prison bosses in Kingston were warned months ago that Joyceville penitentiary, where a riot erupted Monday, was a simmering trouble spot. Internal prison reports show that there has been a spate of violent incidents since the beginning of this year. "We're getting an influx of inmates coming into institutions like Joyceville that really shouldn't be there and this seems to be the trend at all our mediums," said Jason Godin, a senior official in the union that represents prison guards. Godin said the prison service is improperly reclassifying maximum-security prisoners as medium-security because of overcrowding in maximum-security prisons. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Comments:
No comments have been posted for this article.
Login to let us know what you think