CANADIAN FEDERAL PRISON VIOLENCE

I've long believed that a prison sentence is to be for a specific period of time not to expose convicted individuals to assaults or death. Apparently Canadian authorities similar to many others around the world have a problem with that concept. Today's Waterloo Region Record carries the following story titled "Prison violence leaves Ottawa with growing legal burden". Currently there are 1,200 legal actions filed against the Correctional Service of Canada. This violence includes deaths, inmate-on-inmate assaults and guards use of pepper spray. Apparently to date at least our authorities feel that burdening taxpayers with these legal actions ($10 million) is cheaper than addressing the root problems causing the violence.