Minimum sentences in the federal government’s new “tough on crime” legislation are going to overwhelm B.C.’s overcrowded jails with small-scale marijuana growers, according to the province’s prison guards.
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Minimum sentences in the federal government’s new “tough on crime” legislation are going to overwhelm B.C.’s overcrowded jails with small-scale marijuana growers, according to the province’s prison guards.
