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The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I def(...)
The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I def(...)

The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I def(...)

Date4/29/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: The provincial government should take immediate action to end overcrowding in jails for young offenders, says an MPP who toured a Brampton Jail. I definitely saw evidence of overcrowding, said Marion Bryden, New Democratic Party correctional services critic. Inmates are double-bunked, they have to eat in two different shifts and the common room is very small. The place is certainly not adequate.
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Sean O'Flynn , Union president says the documents support the union's position that there is gross overcrowding in the jails
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Strategy can backfire: Say Dr. Howard Barbaree, left, and Dr. Bill Marshall who work with offenders.
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In the first such program, a prison work gang from Barrie Jail's Camp Hillsdale tackles ice and snow-clearing at one of the city's bus stops. More gan(...)
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