BY LAURIE SNELL If the walls of Kitchener’s Grand Valley Institute could talk, they’d probably have something to say about how to treat mentally ill prisoners. But as reality may have it, the details surrounding the incarcerated life and October 2007 death of 19-year-old Ashley Smith – where she tied a cloth around her neck and pulled tightly as guards stood by – came to light only after a high-profile … Continued
By BRANDON HOMMEL In Canada, women sentenced to prison terms of more than two years serve their time in a federal institution operated by the Correctional Service of Canada. What a lot of K-W residents don’t know is that some of those inmates are housed in Kitchener’s own backyard. Grand Valley Institution for Women is a prison located at 1575 Homer Watson Blvd., in Kitchener. Even though it is disguised as … Continued
BY BRANDON HOMMEL In Canada, women sentenced to prison terms of more than two years serve their time in a federal institution operated by the Correctional Service of Canada. What a lot of K-W residents don’t know is that some of those inmates are housed in Kitchener’s own backyard. Grand Valley Institution for Women is a prison located at 1575 Homer Watson Blvd., in Kitchener. Even though it is disguised as … Continued
