Since I left the CSC over 20 years ago I have still been fighting for those on the front lines past and present for better working conditions. Through West Yard I exposed what it was really like to work behind the fences and walls of Canadian prisons. Our workplace induced stress related injuries have gone..
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On October 27th 2021 West Yard was published and it amazed me how well it has done with respect to sales and the positive feedback that I have recieved. The main comment on social media and in-person book signings has been that current and former CSC staff from across the country found it “validating”. Many CSC..
Here are some of the newspaper reports on the Riot in the Gym as written in Part 24 of West Yard.
West Yard is now available at Indigo Chapters and Novel Idea bookstores in Kingston.
The CSC issued name tags to all of their staff members in the 1990s. This was done at the same that the Service Industry Uniforms were issued. The staff members last name was printed on the tags and they were to wear it at all times while on duty. A friend of mine for a..
In Part 42 of West Yard under the title “IERT Team Leader Suspension” I mention the badges that I had made for my Team Members. Pictured below is one of those badges within a wallet and the business cards that I had printed for the Team all at my own expense. At that time the..
The Lake Erie Chemical Co. Cleveland Ohio “Gas Billy” 1930’s. Capable of firing one round of CN gas munition. The device is now classified as a prohibited weapon in Canada as it can fire a 12ga shotgun shell with a minor modification to the barrel. The Gas Billy was around in the 70s and 80s..
The Gas Gun or Chemical Agent Launcher was considered second shot accurate in my time. It was made to launch a variety of gas munitions in different dispersal formats. It could fire a cloud of dust, a single projectile rocket like gas missile (these had stabilizing fins on it to control its flight), a scat..
Collins Bay Institution was opened in 1930. The main construction material used in that period of time was local lime stone, some of it quarried from the surrounding area. The turrets surrounding the towers were all constructed from lime stone blocks and they were incorporated in the towers as a cover should the prison come..