A review committee has concluded there was nothing stopping the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) from giving victims’ families advance warning of serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo’s prison transfer.
The committee also concluded that decisions Corrections Canada made regarding Bernardo’s security classification and transfer from a maximum to medium-security prison “were completed in compliance with legal and policy frameworks.”
Correctional Service of Canada commissioner Anne Kelly presented the results of the review on Thursday. She said the committee concluded that while the decision to transfer Bernardo was “sound” and the corrections agency “went above policy in this case to notify victims, additional steps could have been taken
