Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Drugs in jail -- isn't it time to stop this madness?

Breaking news from Metro West -- looks like a drug overdose -- ok, why are there drugs in a remand centre? In fact, it's an open secret that drugs flow through the system but that is a secret that (1) ought to be known more widely and (2) the facts underlying the secret ought to stop, stop now.


Inmate found dead in city jail
Christina Commisso Staff Reporter

One inmate was found dead in his cell at the Toronto West Detention Centre early this morning and a cellmate is in hospital.

Toronto police and ambulance were called to the detention centre in the city's northwest around 7:25 a.m. when an inmate was found without a pulse.

Another inmate in the same cell had weak or no vital signs and was rushed to hospital in critical condition. A third cellmate appeared to be fine.

"There were no signs of trauma on any of the inmates, which rules out the possibility of a brawl being involved," said Tony Brown of the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.

He could not confirm reports a drug overdose.

A portion of the jail has been evacuated as police continue their investigation.
The detention centre is used to hold people remanded into custody awaiting trial or sentencing, or who are serving short sentences.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Morton, gimme a break.

The criminals shove drugs up their ass and bring it in. It's not much of a secret.

Come on man.

And BTW, lets look at the past week in Canada's criminal justice system.

A guy in Alberta stabs a homeless man and get only 7 years instead of 70.

A guy in Toronto who was convicted of armed robbery and shooting someone got 4 years, released and now he made the front page of the Toronto Sun for murder. Why was this clown on the street and not in jail for 25 years?

Whe are sentences so lenient that people keep committing crimes?

Anonymous said...

Legalize drugs

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