Canadian Press NewsAlert: feds fail to keep pace with crowded prisons: auditor

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The Nova Institution for Women is seen in Truro, N.S. on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The multi-level security facility feature a range from residential-style housing to maximum security. Auditor General Michael Ferguson fears that a growing offender population could put pressure on prisons across the country despite the government\'s revamp of federal penitentiaries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Canada’s auditor general says expansions of Canada’s federal prisons are failing to keep pace with rising numbers of prisoners. Michael Ferguson’s fall report to Parliament also finds that the promised savings for the closing of older prisons such as Kingston Pen have not been realized.

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