Sen. Kim Pate says the Trudeau government's Bill C-83 only offers a cosmetic rebranding of the practice of separating inmates from others in isolated cells for administrative or disciplinary reasons. Under Bill C-83, segregation cells are just renamed as "structured intervention units," Pate says. Pate produces more photographs showing institution after institution she has visited where segregation cells have been re-categorized as "structured intervention units" with minimal changes. ParliamentaryBudget Officer Confirms: Bill C-83 Does Not Add Up pic.twitter.com/aaOdUxw5ZN — Kim Pate (@KPateontheHill) April 25, 2019Determining whether those moves would save money is difficult, the PBO report says — that depends on how well they work. Pate wants the government and her Senate colleagues to take a closer look at alternative measures rather than passing Bill C-83 in its current form.

Source: Huffington Post May 05, 2019 20:26 UTC