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Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced Thursday the permanent shutdown of one of the world’s oldest prisons, maximum security Kingston Penitentiary.
Toews said: “Institutions built in the 19th century are not appropriate for managing a 21st-century inmate population. Simply put, we have better options.”
He also mentioned that these shutdowns will save around $120 million per year from the federal budget. However, it doesn’t mean that prisoners of Kingston Penitentiary will be dealt with leniency, but one thing is certain that this decision would improve the security of Canadians.
“Let me be clear: maximum-security offenders will be moved to maximum-security units at existing facilities,” Toews said. “The same will be true for medium-security offenders.”
He added that unless there is a significant increase in the number of prisoners, there is no need to open any more prisons in Canada.
“You may have heard innuendo and attacks from my critics accusing our government of plans to build all kinds of new prisons across the country,” he said. “This is simply not true. As we stated in our most recent budget, we will not build any new prisons and we have no intention of building new prisons.”
On the other hand, Correctional Services Minister Madeleine Meilleur did not seem pleased with the decision. Meilleur says the shutdown of the Kingston prison that homes deadly murderers including Paul Bernardo and Russell Williams would only pressurize the provincial system.
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