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The measures the Crowns argue are not enough - plexiglass barriers, masks, distancing, sanitizer - are all things that have NOT been put in place in jails. Yet for 3 months I've listened to Crowns argue that the jails are doing plenty. 
https://twitter.com/TorontoStar/status/1277920373569437697
https://twitter.com/TorontoStar/status/1277920373569437697
Don't get me wrong - I have no issue with anybody being concerned about their safety in the workplace. But I have a major issue with the double standard of it all. Some people deserve to be safe and others (my clients) don't, I guess.
Worth noting: not only have I heard Crown after Crown argue that jails are perfectly safe, but I have heard them repeatedly PRAISE the government for the state of the jails during Covid. The same government they now say isn't doing enough for them personally.
Do my clients have masks? Nope. Plexiglass barriers? Nope. Distancing? Nope. Sanitizer? Nope.
And the argument I've been hearing most of the time hasn't been "yes, the jails are unsafe, but balancing public safety requires that Mr. X remain in custody anyway". That would be a valid argument in some cases. The argument has been "the jails are safe". Period.
