Paul Bernardo’s transfer would have happened under the previous wording of the corrections law, Public Safety Canada spokesperson says
Bernardo is serving a life sentence for the kidnapping, sexual assault and murders of teenagers Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in the early 1990s and has been designated a dangerous offender.The Liberal government passed a bill in 2019 meant to end the use of solitary confinement, and amended the corrections law to say officials should ensure inmates are held in the “least restrictive environment.
A spokesperson for Public Safety Canada says Bernardo’s transfer would have happened under the previous wording of that law, which was brought in by the former Conservative government of Stephen Harper That version of the law stipulated that prisoners should be kept in prisons with the “necessary” restrictions.
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