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| Burnside’s overcrowded jail remains an embarrassment |
| By thecoast.ca- Jacob Boon |
| Published: 04/21/2015 |
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How bad are things inside the Central Nova Correctional Facility? Understaffed, overcrowded hellhole might be the most accurate term. The jointly-run federal and provincial prison has already been in the news for attacks on staff and inmates, now recent reports by CBC highlight one of the reasons Burnside is so barbaric. “We almost always don’t have enough staff,” says one Burnside guard during internal Corrections interviews about the mistaken release of a prisoner back in December. That inmate was released at 6am instead of 6pm. According to staff, the mistake was the result of minimal supervision. Five or six guards were supposed to be working that morning, but only two showed up for duty. The Department of Justice disputes that proper staffing levels could have prevented the mistake, however. Read More. |
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