What the Robert Pickton assault says about how Canada’s inmates are housed

An assault on notorious serial killer Robert Pickton by a fellow inmate at a maximum-security prison raises questions, some say, about how Canada’s most dangerous criminals are housed and puts the spotlight on a reportedly rising level of inmate-on-inmate violence.

Pickton, 74, was on life-support Tuesday in a Quebec hospital after being assaulted at Port-Cartier Institution, which has housed some of this country’s most infamous criminals.

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