A Winnipeg man living with a cocaine addiction who has previously spent time in a provincial jail is back behind bars, this time in a federal penitentiary. And that's what he wanted.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in February to two years in custody — a sentence that was jointly recommended by the Crown and his defence lawyer.
Before he was sentenced, Walmsley made a list of pros and cons on different sentencing options his lawyer could recommend. "The one that had the most check marks for the positives [was] Stony Mountain … which [was] baffling to me," he said.'It should bother us': prof That's "related to both greater access to rehabilitative programs in federal prisons as compared to provincial prisons, and also better conditions in federal prisons," said Maier.
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