Monthly Archives: March 2012

Prison Privatization Article

Posted below is a letter to the editor published in the Whig-Standard on March 9, 2012. We couldn’t find an online version of it so scanned and re-posted it here because it sheds some light on the private prison lobby … Continue reading

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Cryptome Publishes Blueprints for New Prisons

Construction drawings and specifications for new prisons at Collins Bay, Bath, Millhaven, and Stony Mountain institutions were published on March 8, 2012 by the leaks website Cryptome. This comes shortly after a CBC Report revealing that blueprints for Collins Bay … Continue reading

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New prisons will have double-bunking provision

From CBC News (link includes video) A Conservative MP says the government has no plans to make double-bunking of prison inmates a permanent practice despite provision for future double-bunking in expansion plans for a federal prison in Kingston, Ont. Plans … Continue reading

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