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Feds Wants To Kill Cell Service For Prisoners

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.28.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Criminals who run their operations from behind bars using mobile devices could soon be left searching for cell service.The federal government...

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Canadian Prisons Breaking The Law: Judge

CBC | Posted 10.07.2012 | Canada Politics
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A federal court judge says Canada's prison system is breaking the law by failing to deal with inmate grievances in a timely fashion. In a ...

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As Prisons Grow More Crowded, Guards Using Force More Often

CBC | Posted 09.03.2012 | Canada
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The use of tear gas, pepper spray, guns and physical restraint is on the rise in Canada’s prisons to defuse violence — an upward trend linked to a...

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Budget: No Plans For New Prisons

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The federal budget promises no new prisons will be built, and says branches of Canada's security apparatus will face $688 million in spending...

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Tories' Super-Prisons 'Already Here', Critics Say

Postmedia | Posted 10.02.2011 | Canada
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The Correctional Service of Canada will build maximum-security cellblocks inside medium-security prisons in Ontario and Manitoba, a move some observer...

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