Goodale: Answering the tough questions on Bill C-83 and reforming our approach to corrections

A Senate committee has raised number of questions about the bill, and they merit serious responses.

Bill C-83 creates a new way of dealing with inmates who need to be separated from the general prison population for safety reasons. Photograph courtesy of Michael Coghlan

Opinion

BY PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER RALPH GOODALE

May 15, 2019

The Senate’s Social Affairs Committee is nearing the end of its study of Bill C-83, legislation that creates a new way of dealing with inmates who need to be separated from the general prison population for safety reasons. Currently, such inmates are held in administrative segregation, where they...

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