A review of the controversial decision to transfer serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison has found the Correctional Service of Canada’s decision was “sound,” but noted that the agency could have given victims’ families advance warning of his transfer.
“The Review Committee concluded that the decisions to reclassify this inmate to medium security and transfer him to La Macaza Institution were sound and followed all applicable laws and policies,” said Anne Kelly, Canada’s correctional service commissioner, when introducing the report at a press conference in Ottawa on July 20.
Mr. Bernardo is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole after kidnapping, torturing, and murdering Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in the 1990s. He was also found guilty of sexual assault and manslaughter of his 15-year-old sister-in-law Tammy Homolka….