Convicted Quebec murderer in men’s institution as request for women’s prison studied

MONTREAL — A Quebecer found guilty of murdering a woman and their two children is being held in a men’s federal institution while authorities assess the convict’s request to be housed in a women’s prison.
Mohamad Al Ballouz was sentenced Dec. 20 to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years for the 2022 murders of Synthia Bussières and their sons, five-year-old Eliam and two-year-old Zac, in the Montreal suburb of Brossard.
Al Ballouz, who now identi