Goodale orders tougher rules on prisoner transfers to Indigenous lodges following McClintic uproar

Source: Kathleen Harris, CBC News, November 7, 2018 

New policy will make it tougher for inmates to serve time in facilities without a fence

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has ordered Canada’s prison system to tighten transfer policies in the wake of the controversial decision to move child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic to an Indigenous healing lodge.

But it’s not yet clear when, or if, McClintic will be transferred back to a conventional women’s prison, or if she has already been transferred.

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