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Author: William Winter

Coming to Terms with the Cost of Prisons in Canada

William Winter August 14, 2014

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Canada’s federal government is pursuing an aggressive tough-on-crime agenda. Federal legislation has increased sentence lengths, imposed unrealistic and probably unconstitutional fines on offenders, and deprived many currently incarcerated people of many basic amenities during their time in prison.

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