OTTAWA — As confusion reigned about who was informed that notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo was being transferred to a medium\u002Dsecurity prison, the head of…
Bernardo spent nearly three decades in maximum security — first at Kingston Penitentiary and then Millhaven Institution near Kingston, Ont. He was transferred to medium-security La Macaza Institution, about 190 kilometres northwest of Montreal, on May 29.
He said he planned to raise “the transfer decision process” with Kelly and expected the correctional service to “take a victim-centred and trauma-informed approach” in such cases.Article content“Hello minister, saw your tweet,” Kelly wrote. “I remain available to meet with you.”In a brief statement, Mendicino’s spokesman said his office made Kelly’s agency aware of the minister’s tweet before it was posted.
Two weeks later, the correctional service said it had first told Mendicino’s office about the possibility of a transfer in early March and then again in late May after a date for the move had been set. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was briefed on May 29, the day the transfer took place, while Mendicino has said he found out the next day.
“I understand from my staff that someone at said had not been notified,” she wrote in an email with the subject line “PRIVATE — Transfer.”Mendicino has acknowledged his staff made a mistake in not informing him, but denied it was done to intentionally keep him in the dark. The Liberal government has insisted it needs to be careful not to interfere with the independence of the correctional service — a position with which criminal justice experts and other lawyers agree.
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