The Record’s view: More help for female prisoners

It costs Canadian taxpayers an awful lot of money to lock up the 180 female inmates at Kitchener’s Grand Valley Institution, the country’s largest federal prison for women.

According to the latest figures, in fact, the bill for housing each prisoner behind Grand Valley’s barbed wire has hit $213,000 a year.

For many people that will seem a steep but necessary expenditure to hold convicted criminals accountable for their crimes and, in the meantime, ensure public safety.

The Record’s view: More help for female prisoners