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Military’s internal prison in Edmonton ‘vastly underutilized,’ report saysCanada's last military prison costs $2 million a year to run, has a staff of 26 and last had an inmate in mid-April. But it delivers value for money, the military police argue.CanadaJun 11, 2019
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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan defends $2M nearly empty military prisonGlobal News found that the prison, nicknamed Club Ed, costs $2 million per year to run and for around half the time since January 2017, has had no prisoners.CanadaMay 23, 2018
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Canada’s last military prison costs $2M a year. About half the time, it has no prisonersThe military jails fewer and fewer of its soldiers, but still spends $2 million a year on its 25-cell internal prison, which has no inmates about half the time. Should it stay open?CanadaMay 23, 2018
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