Prison needle use should be supervised to ensure safety, guards say

OTTAWA -- Setting up supervised injection sites at federal institutions is the way to go if the Correctional Service plans to continue making needles available to drug-using inmates, prison guards say. The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers says one such injection site at Drumheller Institution in Alberta is proving a safer alternative to the service's needle-exchange program, operating at seven federal prisons. The Correctional Service considers both initiatives important elements of the e