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An attempt to intimidate a witness into changing her statement has led to a prison term for a man found in possession of a small weapons cache.
Tyson Dylan Ray, 25, appeared at Regina Provincial Court earlier this month for sentencing on matters to which he’d pleaded guilty among them two counts of obstructing justice related to the attempted witness intimidation and several weapons offences.
Ray had previously also faced unlawful confinement and animal cruelty charges in relation to an unrelated allegation, but those charges have since been stayed.
Judge Noah Evanchuk agreed to impose a sentence of just over six years less remand credit as jointly requested by Crown and defence counsel.
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In short, health care in Canadian jails is abysmal, even on the best days. With the pandemic, health-care problems have only gone from bad to worse.
This is why the provincial government’s vaccine approach to jails can’t be taken seriously. “Contained” spaces does not mean that these spaces are clean or hygienic. It does not mean that inmates or prison staff can safely self-isolate. “Contained” spaces remain contagious spaces.
This creates dangerous conditions for inmates, prison staff, their families and their communities, especially when inmates are released or staff are off shift. Upon release, many inmates (who are too often racialized, already marginalized individuals) return to their congregate spaces in the community, to multi-generational homes (where self-isolation and physical distancing is near impossible) and where the chances are great that those living in these home are low-paid, precarious workers deemed “essential.”
Article content
In short, health care in Canadian jails is abysmal, even on the best days. With the pandemic, health-care problems have only gone from bad to worse.
This is why the provincial government’s vaccine approach to jails can’t be taken seriously. “Contained” spaces does not mean that these spaces are clean or hygienic. It does not mean that inmates or prison staff can safely self-isolate. “Contained” spaces remain contagious spaces.
This creates dangerous conditions for inmates, prison staff, their families and their communities, especially when inmates are released or staff are off shift. Upon release, many inmates (who are too often racialized, already marginalized individuals) return to their congregate spaces in the community, to multi-generational homes (where self-isolation and physical distancing is near impossible) and where the chances are great that those living in these home are low-paid, precarious workers deemed “essential.”