
“Nasty, brutish”: Judge describes life at P.A. Pen
As he found Joshua Bird not guilty of beating fellow inmate Elwin Goodpipe in the max unit of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert, Justice Richard Danyliuk used the words of Thomas Hobbes to describe what life is like in the federal correctional facility.
“This is an apt description for life in a maximum-security unit such as that in the Saskatchewan Penitentiary,” Danyliuk wrote.
Goodpipe, age 36, was badly beaten in October 2019 in a cell in the penitentiary and treated at the Victoria Hospital for a broken arm and serious head injuries. He remained in the hospital for a week after the incident.
Nasty and brutish could also be used to describe the beating Goodpipe received.