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| Understaffing partly to blame in Dartmouth jail stabbing: union leader |
| By novanewsnow.com- Metro Halifax |
| Published: 06/24/2014 |
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The latest jailhouse stabbing has been attributed to understaffing in Nova Scotia’s corrections facilities. The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU) President Joan Jessome said staffing levels are a major contributor to the eight jailhouse stabbings in the last year. “Working understaffed in a corrections facility is very dangerous,” Jessome told Metro following a union meeting on the latest incident. “The job is dangerous and when you work short staffed we have a concern.” A 39-year-old Glace Bay man was stabbed several times by five other inmates in the day room at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Burnside. He was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries and there is no update on his status. Read More. |
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