Incarceration rate hits two-decade low

From The Globe and Mail:

The number of Canadians behind bars in the country's jails and prisons fell last year to its lowest level in more than two decades, Statistics Canada said Friday.

The decline came even though there has been a “substantial” increase in the average number of adults awaiting trial or sentencing over the past decade. Read the rest here

Dino has a recent post over at BPoC in regards to a most horrendous crime that was revealed here in Edmonton on Friday. I would like to stand in line along with Dino and most of his commenters on that post. More so now that I have seen this article showing how poorly our judges are doing in regards to punishing our criminals. Yes I said punishing. Our legal system no longer sees fit to punish criminals. It would rather release criminals over and over again to reek havoc on the citizens of Canada. So called rehabilitation is what I think they call it instead and prefer. Rehab my ass, this is one social experiment that is not working!

In the comments of Dino's post, readers are already second guessing what their lawyers and the courts WILL DO and I am sad to say they are probably right. What a sad state this country has fallen into. Those who chose to break the laws of the land laugh in our faces on a daily basis and our judges can somehow sleep at night.

Update: Yet another post that directly relates. Take a look at this post from Candace over at Waking up on Planet X Her post is on a recent ruling....finally something good from the courts but wondering why it took so long and why others don't get the same kind of treatment. Also check out the comments. More proof that our legal system is failing to show us that justice is being served.