First Nations question safety of healing lodges

[the truth]

http://globalnews.ca/news/2897215/first ... r-escapes/

so this loser walks away from his elder, well maybe they need to have better security when they go on a pass at these healing lodges, instead of thinking some old man native elder can do the job ??

many of these guys have walked away from these healing lodges, they provide zero security to the community,just close them down I say

[Veovis]

Not an overly threatening "keep me in" fence they show. However we have people escape from minimum security places often, the bigger question is how did he qualify for this security level based on his infractions....plus how was he approved to walk out in the first place. If it is due to his race, that is actually racist to all people of Canada to be allowed this threat based on that qualification when he is a clear danger.

I think the interview had a great point though of, why was there no tracker, and why was an elder deemed enough for the escorted outing? Great questions, but the answer is, there should have been, and it wasn't, and a review of policy and procedure for that facility should occur to determine the proper adjustments to avoid this in the future.

This isn't really a first nation issue as much as rehab prison (as there are other forms) issue and the people that should qualify and those that should be locked in a dark hole forever.

[d0nb]

How a violent 54 year-old sex offender with 74 convictions who has previously escaped custody can get placed in a pleasant, low-security "healing lodge" seems inexplicable. Did he win a lottery of some kind?

More from Jen Gerson about the Pe Sakastew Centre. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canad ... ing-lodges

[dogspoiler]

The legal system should concerned with protecting our vulnerable citizens from harm.
Not taking proper measures to keep a violent, dangerous career criminal confined is negligence and those involved should be held accountable.

[Graham Adder]

The legal system should concerned with protecting our vulnerable citizens from harm.
Not taking proper measures to keep a violent, dangerous career criminal confined is negligence and those involved should be held accountable.

agreed

The system is a mess.
There are examples of bad men (and women) being allowed freedom to offend over and over again.
We read about it seemingly every other day.
A career criminal with violent, sexual deviance tagged with a dangerous offender status walks freely into someone's home and harms them.
Before jumping into a pool of emotional ignorance, I'd rather take a look at the broad picture, rather than shutting down healing lodges. That approach seems pretty weak to me. There are many, many great outcomes and not all are dangerous offenders. Why shut it down?
Emotional responses are always so loose.
A few deep breaths before hitting the keys helps.

[the truth]

i have friends that work in corrections ,beleive me you , healing lodges are a joke, they are just there to keep the native community happy, nothing more, most of you on here come on here know nothing when it come's to issues like this

this says it all http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... cle535585/