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| Mandatory sentences cause cost boom |
| By Globe and Mail |
| Published: 06/19/2008 |
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CANADA - Imposing mandatory minimum prison terms on criminal offenders is adding approximately $80-million per year to the price of justice, says an Ontario judge privy to correctional statistics and projections. "We have been told that federal correctional officials estimate they will increase the sentenced population by 1,000 prisoners per year," the judge said in an interview. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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