An $18-million addition to P.E.I.'s Provincial Correctional Centre will house female inmates only, with their own common areas, cooking spaces and visitation centre.
The P.E.I. Department of Justice and Public Safety is making changes to how people with drug addictions are treated while in provincial jail, following a 10-month investigation by ombudsperson Sandy Hermiston.
Posted: Mar 11, 2021 3:46 PM AT | Last Updated: March 11 A man was sentenced at the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island on Thursday for what the judge called a very serious sexual assault. (CBC)
A P.E.I. man has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for his fourth conviction on sexual assault charges.
The man, now in his 20s, committed the crime while still a teenager. He was sentenced as a young offender, for what the judge called a very serious sexual assault.
Chief Justice Tracey Clements handed down the man s sentence by video and teleconference Thursday in P.E.I. Supreme Court in Charlottetown.