‘It’s at a rate we’ve never seen before’: Union responds to drugs and weapons seizures at Sask Pen
Over the course of this year, the total value of illegal contraband seized at Sask Penitentiary reached between eight and ten million dollars
That’s according to James Bloomfield, the Prairies Regional president for the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, who was contacted by paNOW to comment on a recent number of drugs and weapons seizures at the federal institution.
Among them was seizure last month valued at over $100,000 and one in August worth nearly $130,000.
“It’s at a rate we’ve never seen before,” “Bloomfield said.