Francis Drouin on Corrections and Conditional Release Act

In the House of Commons on October 18th, 2018. See this statement in context.

Corrections and Conditional Release ActGovernment Orders

October 18th, 2018 / 1 p.m.

Liberal

Francis Drouin Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

Mr. Speaker, if offenders walk into our prison system with a bachelor of offences and walk out with a Ph.D. of offences, then our prison system has failed them.

We know that administrative segregation has caused deaths in our prison system. Of course, we are talking about the case of Ms. Ashley Smith. I would like the parliamentary secretary to explain the key differences between administrative segregation and the SIU system we are proposing.

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