Ten stories in the news today, Feb. 27
Ten stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 27:
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PRISON SERVICE SWAMPED WITH LITIGATION
Canada’s prison service faced 12-hundred legal actions at the end of last March — a figure the federal prison ombudsman says is enough to keep an entire law firm busy. Ivan Zinger, the correctional investigator of Canada, says the legal actions have cost Correctional Service Canada about 10-million dollars in legal fees. Zinger adds it’s a clear indication the rising prison violence he documented between 2005 and 2016 needs to be further addressed.