Four inmates have escaped from a New Brunswick halfway house over the past month and three are still on the loose -- a problem that can be traced back to Harper-era funding cuts, says a local Liberal MP.
and James Burnside. Burnside has since been located but the other two remain on the loose.
Saint John’s Police Chief Bruce Connell said looking for the missing inmates has become a “day-to-day activity” for his officers. The Parrtown Community Correctional Centre is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada and can house up to 26 federal offenders who are on conditional release in the community. In the facility’s more than 50 years of operation, it has rarely seen this many walkouts in such a short time frame.
"This is something that's happened over the last five or six years, when the Harper government cut that funding,” he said. “That was a major cut that directly impacted the Saint John Police Force. It directly impacted the Parrtown correctional facility."Connell has been to Ottawa to advocate for the funding to be restored and says the reception has been positive.
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