So why was he in minimum security?
On Wednesday morning Ralph Whitfield Morris, 73, became the second prisoner in the past two weeks with a history of escaping from custody to be placed in a minimum-security jail and to simply walk away.
“Staff discovered [Morris] missing during the early morning hours,” said Dave Lefebvre, a spokesman for Corrections Canada.
Morris has a lengthy criminal record with convictions including:
* Second-degree murder in 1982
* Armed robbery in 1975
* Escaping from custody in 1988, 1990, and 1993Prison officials defended the decision to put Morris in minimum security.
“Every offender that presents a low risk to public safety is allowed in a minimum-security institution,” said Lefebvre.
But in 2005, the parole board wrote a report on Morris, saying, “You have been shot by police… you are still considered a high risk to escape.”
Even then, the Parole Board granted him parole and later revoked it when he failed to return to a community residential facility.
Incredible. Bureaucratic procedure that says “every prisoner gets” has allowed not one but two murderers to escape from minimum security facilities in the past month. Why even have a parole board if all cases get cookie-cutter treatment?
It was a similar story less than two weeks ago, when Blane MacDougal, a 60-year-old convicted rapist and killer, walked away from Ferndale Institution near Mission. He has yet to be found.
Wonderful. You could put shaved monkeys in charge of the prison system, and you’d still have a pretty decent shot at faring better.
He wouldn’t have gotten away with that shit if Canada was under Sharia law. I recommend the Saudi model. Slightly softer than the Taliban but still plenty tough on stains.
Comment by INP — May 1, 2008 @ 11:05 am