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Originally Posted by David_99
Isn't there holding cells in the Court House for such occasions? |
Those are temporary holding cells, not designed for 24hrs or overnight stays and probably not staffed 24hrs. It's moslty the same cells you would find in a police station and they are not designed for stays of over 24hrs
In Bathurst under the court house there is a remand center, staffed by provincial prison guards. Inmates are held there for week-end remands or for awaiting trial or sentencing. Once one is convicted and sentenced, he is hauled to one of the other provincial prisons. It serves for all the Bathurst area and Acadian peninsula and is generally always over crowded (six cell/double bunks)
I'm pretty sure the court house in Moncton could have had easily 12 to 16 remand cells. This would have made less stress on the week ends for the guards in Shediac and would have been a logical choice to me.