Aaron White said:
Secondly they arent taking Joe Murder to the spa. There are different levels of offenders. And rec is encouraged becuase its an energy release.
Sorry....It was Jill Murder.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/Editorial/home.html
"Nail files for inmates? Great idea
So, Corrections Canada officials are now complaining about "confusion" in shocking reports about a "spa day" held at an Ontario women's prison, to which some of our most notorious female criminals were invited.
Their complaints are staggeringly beside the point.
As the Sun's Kim Bradley and Brett Clarkson reported yesterday, the feds insist murderers Marcia Dooley (who helped her husband kill his young son Randall in a horrendous case of child abuse) and Mary Taylor (co-killer, with a girlfriend, of Toronto Police Const. Bill Hancox) did not sign up for the special event at their prison, as originally reported by the National Post.
What's more, Corrections staff maintain that the day, which reportedly included a harpist, tea on fine china, pedicures, manicures and aromatherapy, was not about "pampering," but about boosting the inmates' hygeine and self-esteem.
Again, they simply don't get it.
First of all, it matters little that Dooley and Taylor didn't attend -- what's galling is that they had the chance.
Second, however Corrections spins the details of this particular event, it's hardly the first case of hardened criminals being awarded offensive perks behind bars.
Indeed, the "spa day" at Grand Valley Institution reportedly coincided with an inmate barbecue. The Sun has reported numerous scandalous inmate parties at institutions across the country -- which included likes of Karla Homolka and other sex offenders. Each time, the public is outraged, politicians promise a probe -- and Corrections merely sticks to its line that such perks are all about rehabilitation and preparing criminals for normal life.
Well, the public isn't stupid. But the feds don't get that either. Nor do they seem to get the basic problem here:
Dooley and Taylor are vicious killers. They've been sentenced to "life" in prison with no parole for more than a decade. This is their punishment, such as it is. It's bad enough that the price of a child's or a cop's life is so cheap -- but Corrections' rush to buff and polish these women and push them back into society is simply sickening.
Over the weekend, Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino rightly called for a meeting with Deputy PM and Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan for an explanation.
But just last month, when cops from across the country confronted McLellan on similar concerns about our "Club Fed" prisons, she retorted: "I do not accept the 'Club Fed' designation," adding that time in prison is never pleasant.
We're sure. All that harp music can be downright painful.
And another thing ... "
