Conservative agenda will 'stuff prisons,' advocates say

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OTTAWA – Prison rights advocates are warning a parliamentary committee studying mental health in federal penitentiaries that the federal Conservative tough-on-crime agenda will "stuff prisons" with mentally ill people and fail to reduce crime.

"Crime is a community issue and an intelligent response ought to involve the community," Craig Jones, director of the John Howard Society, told the committee.

Jones appeared with a former director Graham Stewart, author of a recent study that slammed federal plans for correctional services.

They urged the committee to send a clear message to the government that its approach to crime has already been tested and failed in the United States.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/716944--conservative-agenda-will-stuff-prisons-advocates-say?bn=1

Well given that Iggy won't stand up to Harper on this, all I can think about is the saying from the Soviet Union.

The reason we, legislators, spend on prisons and not on education is that we all have gone to school already.