KINGSTON, Ont. (CP) —
Prisoners at the Prison for
rey Society of “Kingston

e gston
have criticized a report
Tee ry be cloned the

ary oped.

The recommendation that
the ‘only. women’s federal
prison in Canada be closed
within three years was
made in March, in a report
to federal solicitor-general
Francis Fox by a national
aevisory committee on the
female offender.

The report suggested the
federal government build
smaller prisons for women
in each region of the
country, or provinces
should assume responsi-
bility for all female
offenders, regardless of the

The Elizabeth Fry Society prison
says it wants the federal
government to become
more involved in long-term

inning for the Prison for

‘omen.

Jane Graves Nelson
president of the society, said

report's
recommendation has a
simplistic solution to the
roblems of a federal
female offender.

The society, established in
Kingston in 1949, is a
volunteer group involved in
in-prison service and after-
prison care for female
offenders. Mrs, Nelson said
the society ‘‘accepts tr
referrals for any female in
conflict with the law.”
SUPPLY SERVICES

She said society workers

nsor prison
Potivities: ant offer a Public
education service. The

- society also prepares briefs

and recommendations for
government study.

Members of the prisoner
committee at the prison said
they disagreed with the
recommendation that
provinces
responsibility for all female
offenders bepause the idea
Was unr

“We'd fet to see federal
institutions in different
provinces, if they all had the
Same programs,
epportunities. and good staff

as we have here,”

Sandy, a member of the
commettee, said,

But establishing and
maintaining such a system

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SIMPLISTIC SOLUTION IS WRONG
"Prisoners say their jail fine

dollars, she sai

The  comnanitibe said it
would like to see another
major prison for women in
Western Canada and
community correctional
centres and rehabilitation
centres for drug addicts
throughout the country.

Mrs. Nelson said Prison
For Women could serve as
the maximum security
institution in Canada for

women, but facilities for

medium and minimum
security risks must also be
provided in other parts of
the country. °

REHABILITATION -
LACKING .

She said she did not
consider Prison for Women

not rehabilitate women but
it to does not make them

withe Plizabeth Fry Society’
supports -the report's
recommendations for
extended use of community
residential centres for
female offenders,

Society wv yorker Sandra
Vellone said Pthe funds are
a 5

i male, programs
available ‘for

Because of the low
number of female offenders,
they are a low priority in the
male-oriented federal
prison system, she said.

“We contend that’s dis-
crimination. There should
be equal opportunities for

length of sentences. also advise parolees, visit would cost millions of good place because it does women,”
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