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Inside the 'con code', the unwritten rules that may be fuelling prison violence
VANCOUVER — In a Surrey, B.C., pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a "rat" by fellow prisoners — but then dies after being put in a 10-minute chokehold.
What binds these cases, prison advocates say, is the "con code" — a set of unwritten rules among inmates that they believe is behind attacks behind bars. But they say Canadian courts have been ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VANCOUVER — In a Surrey, B.C., pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a "rat" by fellow ...
William Head Institution is shown through a security fence in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Lam VANCOUVER — In a Surrey, B.C., pretrial centre, an inmate is ...
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