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From Ontario to Newfoundland THIS is Canada.
They like them young and they like them poor here. If Americans only knew (you may follow in our footsteps). The rest of the civilized world seems to be turning their backs on us, when will the U.S...
Jack Whalen spent two years of his childhood locked in a box barely bigger than the back of a pickup truck. He's spent countless more nights reliving those memories in his head.
His dreams are violent. He once broke his nose on his bedside table while thrashing against the guards in his sleep.
Tired of feeling helpless, Whalen came home from Ontario last week and built a replica of a solitary confinement cell at the Whitbourne Boys' Home — complete with the chalk marks he made to count the days he spent inside.
On Monday morning, in the frigid cold and rain, he positioned it outside Confederation Building in St. John's in hopes the province's justice minister would see where he spent his formative years.
"I dream of it every night. I'm just looking for some closure," he said.
The province settled a lawsuit last year with former residents of youth detention centres in Whitbourne and St. John's. They shelled out $12.5 million to a group of about 110 people.
They like them young and they like them poor here. If Americans only knew (you may follow in our footsteps). The rest of the civilized world seems to be turning their backs on us, when will the U.S...
Jack Whalen spent two years of his childhood locked in a box barely bigger than the back of a pickup truck. He's spent countless more nights reliving those memories in his head.
His dreams are violent. He once broke his nose on his bedside table while thrashing against the guards in his sleep.
Tired of feeling helpless, Whalen came home from Ontario last week and built a replica of a solitary confinement cell at the Whitbourne Boys' Home — complete with the chalk marks he made to count the days he spent inside.
On Monday morning, in the frigid cold and rain, he positioned it outside Confederation Building in St. John's in hopes the province's justice minister would see where he spent his formative years.
"I dream of it every night. I'm just looking for some closure," he said.
The province settled a lawsuit last year with former residents of youth detention centres in Whitbourne and St. John's. They shelled out $12.5 million to a group of about 110 people.
