Too fat for jail: gang member released.
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Before, prisoners would get a sandwich and a pop. Now they get a granola bar and fruit when they're in court.
Durham judge reconsiders prisoners' lunch menu
Updated: Mon Nov. 17 2008 2:18:17 PM
ctvtoronto.ca
An Oshawa judge has ruled that seven inmates being tried on drug conspiracy charges will have to be given more food during the day while they're in court.
The decision came after defence lawyers argued their clients have a hard time staying alert during proceedings because of a slimmed down prisoner menu that Durham Regional Police implemented this past summer.
Detainees usually get a full breakfast at around 5 a.m. and then dinner at 7 p.m. Inmates used to get a sandwich and a pop halfway during the day but now all they get is a granola bar and a juice box.
"It's pretty bad when you have to starve and go to court," one prisoner told CTV Toronto as he was being hauled away.
The prisoners are held in a provincial jail and have their cases tried in provincial court but security is handled by Durham police. Durham police are expected to feed the inmates but recently, their food budget has dropped from $3 to $1 per person.
Defence lawyers say prisoners need to concentrate on their case when they go to court but that becomes hard to do when their stomachs are growling.
Lawyers have taken to asking for court delays until their clients are properly fed.
"You can't order either one of the parties to provide food but you can halt the proceedings until food is provided," said defence lawyer Daniel Brown.
Durham police officials say the prisoners' budget was cutting into their operation.
"Bear in mind, (the) $90,000 we spent on lunches last year, that's one policeman on the street," Supt. Michael Ennis told CTV Toronto in September.
Durham police argue the lunch tab should be the responsibility of the corrections ministry, not them.
Officials say the seven inmates who were granted a larger lunch menu have been segregated because of fears the decision would cause riots by other prisoners who were not granted the same consideration.
With a report from CTV Toronto's Austin Delaney
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Prisoners say they are starving during court proceedings
dileas
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Before, prisoners would get a sandwich and a pop. Now they get a granola bar and fruit when they're in court.
Durham judge reconsiders prisoners' lunch menu
Updated: Mon Nov. 17 2008 2:18:17 PM
ctvtoronto.ca
An Oshawa judge has ruled that seven inmates being tried on drug conspiracy charges will have to be given more food during the day while they're in court.
The decision came after defence lawyers argued their clients have a hard time staying alert during proceedings because of a slimmed down prisoner menu that Durham Regional Police implemented this past summer.
Detainees usually get a full breakfast at around 5 a.m. and then dinner at 7 p.m. Inmates used to get a sandwich and a pop halfway during the day but now all they get is a granola bar and a juice box.
"It's pretty bad when you have to starve and go to court," one prisoner told CTV Toronto as he was being hauled away.
The prisoners are held in a provincial jail and have their cases tried in provincial court but security is handled by Durham police. Durham police are expected to feed the inmates but recently, their food budget has dropped from $3 to $1 per person.
Defence lawyers say prisoners need to concentrate on their case when they go to court but that becomes hard to do when their stomachs are growling.
Lawyers have taken to asking for court delays until their clients are properly fed.
"You can't order either one of the parties to provide food but you can halt the proceedings until food is provided," said defence lawyer Daniel Brown.
Durham police officials say the prisoners' budget was cutting into their operation.
"Bear in mind, (the) $90,000 we spent on lunches last year, that's one policeman on the street," Supt. Michael Ennis told CTV Toronto in September.
Durham police argue the lunch tab should be the responsibility of the corrections ministry, not them.
Officials say the seven inmates who were granted a larger lunch menu have been segregated because of fears the decision would cause riots by other prisoners who were not granted the same consideration.
With a report from CTV Toronto's Austin Delaney
© 2008 CTVGlobemedia All Rights Reserved.
Prisoners say they are starving during court proceedings
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So they are starving are they? Perhaps they should concentrate on consuming the sustenance provided instead of spending their time removing and / or inserting narcotics into their rectums for the purpose of smuggling...
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I've got a idea, how about their F.. A.. Defense Lawyers at Lunch Recess bring their Clients a "Big Mac and Milk Shake".
Not only would it solve the problem, but they even can write it off on their Taxes.
And as far as the Health Bar & Fruit. That's a lot more that some of our kids have to eat at Lunch. Oh !, but I forgot these poor mistreated souls have to consentrate on their Criminal Cases. By the way isn't that what their Lawyers are supposed to be doing.
Cheers.
I've got a idea, how about their F.. A.. Defense Lawyers at Lunch Recess bring their Clients a "Big Mac and Milk Shake".
Not only would it solve the problem, but they even can write it off on their Taxes.
And as far as the Health Bar & Fruit. That's a lot more that some of our kids have to eat at Lunch. Oh !, but I forgot these poor mistreated souls have to consentrate on their Criminal Cases. By the way isn't that what their Lawyers are supposed to be doing.
Cheers.
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I dunno, most visits from lawers seem to be about seeking new business.....
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ham omlette or Macaroni w/peas IMPs for the lot of them...cold, of course. And warm water from the jerrycan thats been sitting in the sun all day. That came from the water buffalo.
If they are well behaved, then they can have the baked fruit desert loaf thing.
If they are well behaved, then they can have the baked fruit desert loaf thing.
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