2. WATCH If the link doesn’t open, copy and paste the url:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qGHF5IzfaE

3. I found my primary research article in the online
Canadian Reference Centre.
Here are some excerpts:

4. “Traditionally, correctional facilities have put tools in the hands of
inmates, hoping to bestow a respect for hard work and … job skills,
[a system perhaps] failing the people it’s supposed to help.”

5. “Research has shown that convicts possess deficiencies in one or
more of eight areas [including] criminal history, marital relations,
choice of companions, substance abuse, education level and
employment history.”

6. “The problem is that the prison environment is so poisonous that
much of the good that can be done by educational opportunities is
overshadowed by people’s day-to-day experience in jail.”

7. Research Questions:
Will Bill C-10 make life in prison
even more “poisonous” (i.e.
overcrowding)?
Will PM Harper‟s transformation
of the prison system work with
the lastest research on social
training?
If the Harper Government‟s plan
for Canada‟s prisons is lacking, is
there a „real‟ solution?

8. Essay Plan:
I am not in favour of Bill C-10.
There is sufficient evidence to
suggest that the bill‟s “tough on
crime” attitude will jeopardize the
health and safety of prison
inmates, and thus harden their
criminal instincts.
A Working Thesis:
Bill C-10 compromises the ability
of Canada‟s correctional facilities
to train and to heal inmates.