"An Enormous Rise in Violence in Canada's Prisons": Tory Crime Bill is Rule by Angry Old Uncle
By Brian Topp - rabble.ca
"I've spent more time in federal prisons than anyone...I've had meetings with prison administrators, and then I've explored ever corner of our prisons right down into the hole. I know what's going to happen if they take that clause out of the Act. What's going to happen is that guards are going to feel free to use more force, a lot more force, to control inmates. There's going to be an enormous rise in violence in our prison system."
- Former Corrections Canada senior administrator on what will happen after the Conservative's remove article 4(d) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act which states "that the [corrections] service use the least restrictive measures consistent with the protection of the public, staff members and offenders."
