Understaffing and a lack of government transparency are interfering with a system designed to hold public bodies accountable and keep the public informed, according to some who use the N.W.T.'s access to information system.
The N.W.T. still has substantially fewer inmates than before the COVID-19 pandemic, even though the corrections budget has continued to increase slowly.
A 37-year-old case manager at the South Mackenzie Correctional Centre in Hay River, N.W.T., is charged with voyeurism, sexual assault, sexual interference and child luring after an investigation that began in 2020.