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March 22, 2004 Things are stupid all over... From the same way of thinking that suggests we shouldn't grade students, because "it might make them think they've failed", comes this bit of idiocy.... Corrections Canada won't let guards at maximum security prisons wear stab-proof vests because it sends a confrontational "signal" to prisoners. "If you have that kind of presence symbolized by (a stab-proof vest), you're sending a signal to the prisoner that you consider him to be a dangerous person," said Tim Krause.No word from Prison management on what the guard should do if it turns out the prisoner is feeling violent that day. Perhaps they'll block the shank with a non-confrontational directive from the warden. If that doesn't work, the guard can express his feeling on the matter with another confrontational "symbol". Blood should work quite well. Conveniently, there should be quite a large amount of it at hand. Last month, Sun Media reported a guard at the Edmonton Institution was threatened with disciplinary action several times by prison brass for wearing a self-purchased stab-proof vest on the job.That poor bastard. For defending himself, they treat him like a criminal.....something, ironically, they don't even do to actual criminals. (Hat tip to Reader Curt) |
I must say that this is the stupidist thing I have seen in a long time.
Posted by: John Rogers at March 22, 2004 03:13 PM
When the backlash comes (and it will) I can see where a lot of Canuckistanis would want to lynch their former correctional directors.
Only an ass would try reasoning with the man munching on his liver.
Posted by: Alan Kellogg at March 23, 2004 02:20 AM