Prison guards say Prime Minister Harper’s “Tough on Crime” policy is going to be tough on them and maybe even the rest of us.
The President of the Union of Correctional Workers in the Atlantic Region, Doug White tells CHSJ News the infrastructure just isn’t there to handle a large influx of new inmates as the Harper Government tries to score points with voters fearful of crime.
White says overcrowding is already happening and in just the past year alone, violent assaults against guards have gone up 15 per cent.
White says money for rehabilitation is being cut which means prisoners, once they’re released, will return to their old criminal behaviour.
