[MountainTi]

Originally Posted by densa44

With the growing population we have found that we need more; hospitals, schools, houses and jails?

In the old days (100 years ago) communities wanted jails, and they went to the ridings held by important Federal MPs. They provided good government jobs and went on forever. Kingston has 3 of them, it was Sir John A's riding.

I hear lots of complaining about crime, bail conditions, and short sentences but no one seems to want to start building more jails.

So here are my questions; do they do any good, do longer sentences make sense, how dangerous are the criminals?

During WW1 Canada had a number of POW camps in North Ontario and I think Banff, the cold weather and mosquitos eliminated escapes and the boys did work in the bush. I hear that some came back after the war, got married and raised families.

Call an expert in the field and ask