'We need the public in masses, in millions, to be writing to the minister, to the commissioner of corrections, and to the members of Parliament, to express their outrage over this.'
OTTAWA — Paul Bernardo should be returned to a maximum-security prison, the lawyer representing the families of his young murder victims said as he called on the Correctional Service of Canada to be more transparent about what led to his transfer to a medium-security facility in the first place.
He said the Correctional Service of Canada, citing Bernardo's privacy rights, refused to answer questions about the reason for the move. Danson said he was also unable to learn whether the serial murderer and sex offender was in protective custody or socializing with other inmates, which that security classification allows.
Danson said he was pleased to see a statement from Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on Friday, in which he called Bernardo's transfer "shocking and incomprehensible." Mendicino said he planned to raise the situation with Anne Kelly, commissioner of the federal correctional service, saying he expects it to "take a victim-centred and trauma-informed approach in these cases.
It went on to note that Bernardo, who has been designated a dangerous offender, is serving an "indeterminate sentence" with no end date. "Of course their response is the one that you would expect: 'What about the rights of Kristen? What about the rights of Leslie? What about their rights?"Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre added his own condemnation on Twitter, saying Bernardo's transfer demonstrates the federal government's failure to protect victims and laying the blame at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's feet.
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