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Canadian prison system 'at breaking point'

June 03, 2009
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA (Jun 3, 2009)


Canada's prison system is stretched to the breaking point and any sudden influx of new inmates would be "dangerous," says the federal correctional investigator.

Howard Sapers' stark warning yesterday comes amid concern that the Harper government's tough-on-crime agenda could swamp already-strained prisons.
Sapers said the country's 58 institutions are barely managing about 13,500 inmates and another 8,000 prisoners are under varying degrees of supervision on the outside.
Adding more inmates could tip the scales toward disaster, Sapers said.

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