REAL SCOOP: Guards charged with assaulting inmate in Fraser Regional

It is unusual when correctional officers face charges in connection with their daily interactions with inmates in B.C. jails. Four guards are in jail today, charged with assault causing bodily harm for an incident in Sept. 2017. Their union says they were defending a colleague who was being attacked. And the union says police initially did not recommend any charges be laid. But the B.C. Prosecution Service approved the charge in November.
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