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Ontario’s plan to build new prisons is wrongheaded – Michael Spratt has, as usual, hit the nail on the head. Ontario is not listening to the sounds of change.

Posted byDennis Reeve 10 September 202010 September 2020

https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion/ontarios-plan-to-build-new-prisons-is-wrongheaded/333104

Posted byDennis Reeve10 September 202010 September 2020Posted inUncategorized

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