We learned yesterday that 20% of sexual offenders who received a sentence in 2023 are serving it at home, courtesy of the federal government’s new Bill C-5.
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What message are we sending with this data? That sexual assault is not so serious, not so important and does not have such a big impact on the feeling of security!
Now, what is the role of the prison? That of punishing, obviously, but also of preparing, through therapy, training and others, offenders to reintegrate the community as repentant, law-abiding citizens at the end of their sentence, ultimately reducing the risk of repeat offenses. Prison also acts as a deterrent so that those who might be tempted to commit crimes understand that the only way out of violent crimes is the cell.
- Listen to the column by Karine Gagnon, political columnist at JDM and JDQ at the microphone of Yasmine Abdelfadel via QUB :
In your bedroom!
Sexual aggressors should therefore be in prison. Not at home. Not in front of their television, not while receiving visitors, not while cooking a little gourmet meal. But Justin Trudeau’s government does not seem to understand this logic. A sexual attacker, for this government, is like a turbulent child: you send him to his room (where he has an Xbox, his cell phone, his favorite toys and a 50-inch television) to think about his actions.
The forgotten
In the meantime, the victims are afraid, they feel that the justice system does not take seriously the crime that victimized and traumatized them. They wonder if they did the right thing in denouncing, in confronting their tormentors in court, in reliving the crime by recounting it numerous times, in being cross-examined by defense prosecutors who were looking for fault, in stand tall and believe in justice.
They did all this so that their attacker, found guilty, could Netflix and chill. Is this justice in Canada?