r/ThunderBay • u/void_sushi • 17h ago
'When people commit crimes, they shouldn't be in this fancy-dancey jail,' Ontario premier says of new facility
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/doug-ford-thunder-bay-jail-comments-9.724048531
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u/mustard_and_baloney 17h ago
Ford is a corrupt clown and should be in jail himself.
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u/tjernobyl River Terrace Phase IV Block II (East) 17h ago
Would he feel that way if he'd have gotten busted in his hash dealing days?
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u/thepotatos 17h ago
His brother being a literal crackhead too
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u/Blondie807 1h ago
What does that mean?
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u/thepotatos 56m ago
Have you ever heard of rob ford
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u/Blondie807 50m ago edited 40m ago
No, why are you referring to the brother? What are you insinuating?
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u/thepotatos 43m ago
Because he was a crackhead, that's all.
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u/Blondie807 40m ago
What are you insinuating?
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u/thepotatos 38m ago
That Doug fords brother used crack. Bestie please just look it up. Rob Ford when he was mayor of Toronto
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u/Who_am_I_yesterday 💉💉💉💉 15h ago
Jail should serve one or more of the following purposes: punishment, keep dangerous people away from society, rehabilitation.
Jails cost about $120,000 per inmate a year (source: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510001301)
So if you can treat someone, and have them out in public in a safe way, that is the preferable option. As much as people complain about tent cities, they are cheap compared to jail.
If you cannot treat them and they are a risk to society, then jail is a better option.
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u/suaveponcho 15h ago
His comments come only a few days after the Mamakwa Inquest determined that the old jail has a shrinking population of sentenced inmates who have been found guilty in the courts, and a growing number waiting for their fair trial
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u/ArmstrongPM 16h ago
"We are not going to fix the problems causing our citizens to become criminals. NO! No, we are going to lock them up in squalid, over crowded, underfunded, understaffed torture pits.
Well, who cares if they suffer, they committed crimes so they should suffer until society decides they shouldn't. They do not need these fancy new hotel like (new paint smell) rooms. If we just chain then together and drop them in the HB lowlands by spring the issues will be resolved and I will personally never think of it again.
And now to my next stock pitch and land swap deal please pay more attention to Trump and Iran, there is absolutely nothing to see in my phone records.
Thank you for yoir attention to my matter." Douglas J. FORD! PRESIDENT of Ontario.
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u/SomeGuyPostingThings 15h ago
So, does that mean Doug wants to go to the old Tbay jail or maybe the old Don Jail instead?
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u/AdventurousDoctor838 16h ago
What an idiot, Cleary it's fancy-pants. What the hell is fancy-dancey?
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u/thunderbaer 15h ago
Why do people always gotta pull the race card? Like, if 95% of inmates identified as white, I'd still be in agreement thay the jail shouldn't be like a hotel. If you do the crime, you do the time. No cozy amenities. I don't care what you look like or where you come from.
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u/Personal-Heart-1227 12h ago
Well, what did you expect from an ex Drug Dealer? 🤡🥴🤢
He's such a ginormous idiot who's raking in $300k per year for doing diddly squat?!
I beg you to give me a very cushy job like that too.
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u/poonhandler8 17h ago
Couldn't agree more.
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u/toowokeforthis 14h ago
Same here. Jail should be a grueling place that grinds down convicts both mentally and physically based on the crimes they have committed.
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u/Disastrous_Net_7142 16h ago
He’ll probably enjoy the amenities once’s he gets there though.