For the last 15 years, inmates released from a nearby jail with no one to pick them up are dropped off at Barrie bus station with fare to make their way to their home communities.
Now, the city has decided that needs to end, citing a lack of social services, increased homelessness and public safety concerns.
Starting in September, Barrie is footing the bill for a pilot project, with some logistical assistance from the province, that will pick up inmates from the Central North Correctional Centre (CNCC), located in Penetanguishene, Ont., and drop them closer to their home towns, instead of being left at Barrie’s central bus terminal.
And while
