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Originally Posted by rubecube
It was a stupid proposition in the first place. Not really sure how time spent in a provincial jail is any different than in a federal.
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I have worked in both systems and there is a fairly significant difference between doing provincial and federal time.
Most provincial jails operate in an 'open custody' living unit model. This means that corrections officers are physically in the unit with the inmates. Due to safety risks to the officer, the inmates are given very little. They get 1 hour of fresh air, 3 meals a day, a tv and books to read. In addition to this, remanded inmates are not technically 'guilty' so they are not allowed to work or take any kind of meaningful programming.
Federal jails almost the opposite of provincial jails. Officers are behind a 'bubble' and are not normally in the living units with the inmates. Because of this federal inmates are given access to things provincial inmates would not normally have. They can have their own clothes, computers in their cells, playstations, jewelry and in some jails they can even order outside food. Since they are also sentenced they can work during the day.
Just in case anyone was interested in the difference between the systems.