Kingston Pen prepping for Williams
By ROBB TRIPP, QMI Agency
Last Updated: October 8, 2010 6:07pm
KINGSTON, Ont. - Fifteen years after notorious sex slayer Paul Bernardo arrived at the countrys oldest federal prison, another infamous killer could be on his way to Kingston Penitentiary.
Russell Williams, the former air force who plans to plead guilty to murdering two women and sexually assaulting two others, could soon be a federal inmate.
Corrections Canada will not discuss his case specifically, but 175-year-old Kingston Pen still operates a super-secure isolation unit where notorious offenders are segregated from fellow convicts
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Williams, who went to school with Bernardo in Toronto in the 1980s, would be a candidate for the KP segregation unit, according to a former warden.
Its a possibility, said Tom Epp, who ran Kingston Pen from 1989 through 1991, when it housed notorious serial killer Clifford Olson.
Williams will need protection from fellow convicts, in part because of his crimes, but also because of his notoriety, which breeds resentment.
Williams may want to stay in Ontario to be close to his wife, who has visited him regularly at the Quinte Detention Centre in Napanee.
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Senior Corrections officials would already be planning how to handle Williams, Epp said.
Theyre doing their action plans now, Epp told QMI Agency in an interview Friday. They did it for Bernardo, They did it for Karla (Homolka), they did it for (Olson).
Olson, who murdered 11 children in British Columbia 30 years ago, served roughly 10 years in Kingston Pen, until his transfer in 1992.
Epp said Corrections would be wise to learn from its failures in handling Olson when it deals with Williams.
Dont let him get any traction at all, treat him strictly in accordance with law and policy and dont let any activists near him, Epp said.
Dont give him a platform and dont let him run you ragged because Olson did that for years.
Olson antagonized authorities with relentless complaints, lawsuits and a knack for drawing media attention with outlandish claims.
He was eventually declared a
vexatious litigant, meaning he cannot sue without the consent of a judge.
Corrections may have learned from its mistakes with Olson by controlling Bernardo more closely.
His access to the media is restricted and special precautions were taken to limit internal access to his files.
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