The deaths have been reported by the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, who credit the fatalities to the federal Prison Needle Exchange Program.
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“Our hands are tied. A court decision gives inmates the right to access clean needles, but our members believe the solution is not simply providing inmates with an injection kit to keep in their cell at the expense of public safety and inmate rehabilitation,” Jeff Wilkins said, the union’s national president.On Wednesday, during the correctional officers’ morning rounds, they found an unresponsive inmate in his cell. First aid was applied but the inmate was pronounced dead at 7:30 a.m.
The union also said the program is leading to more addiction issues for inmates, which they take with them when they are released.Protesters release mice painted colours of Palestinian flag in U.K. McDonald’s
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