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Ca senior managers in the Winnipeg office of Indian and Northern affairs overspent or failed to account for an estimated $ 9 million of taxpayers Money in the past decade according to a forensic audit released monday. I would characterize it Overall As mismanagement and inappropriate use of authority said Indian affairs chief auditor Anne Scotton. Its not the first time Indian affairs has been under an accounting Microscope. A National internal audit showed the department spent $ 75 million from 1996 to 2001 on self government talks involving 327 first nations during the Liberal government under former prime minister Jean Chretien without clearly tracking How the Money was spent or what it achieved. Scotton flew to Winnipeg monday with senior staff from of Tawas Indian affairs Headquarters to release the regional report in person. She stressed the audit released monday did not find any criminal wrongdoing nor is there any evidence the mismanaged Money was used for personal gain. The report makes it Clear that the worst aspect of Winnipeg Gas Indian affair office was How its Bosses behaved. They ran the Winnipeg Region like their own dictatorship and they ignored departmental checks and balances designed to account for taxpayers Money. Staff from a number of areas reported there was a Small inner Circle of favourites and disagreeing invited reprisals according to the report. The result was massive absenteeism. If i took the sick leave for the folks in my area i lost i think it was 350 some Odd Days one Anonymous employee is quoted saying. The worker had seven co workers. That should Tell you folks its not just people getting sick. They re sick and tired the workers quote concluded. The report found Ottawa is owed $ 7.9 million from Manitoba Hydro related to construction of a Northern transmission line. Ottawa contributed $ 13.2 million to the joint project with Indian affairs but its share of the Cost should have been $ 5.3 million according to the audit. The two top people at Indian affairs Winnipeg office were demoted in the Wake of the forensic audit and administrative review of the department which took a year to Complete. The administrative review was not made Public so the forensic audit is the first glimpse into the dysfunctional department since three employees were publicly escorted out of their offices. Another seven programs Are still under the forensic Microscope and those results will be made Public As they Are concluded Scotton said. Regional director Mary Blais and associate director Martin Egan were put on paid leave a year ago and reassigned last summer to other jobs in the Winnipeg office. Blais who has health problems still remains on personal leave and will be Given a new Job when she returns. A third employee funding services director Fred Mills who was put on paid leave at the same time was allowed to keep his old Job. Alexandra. Paul free press. My. Ca mismanaging the Money. A Federal forensic audit into management practices at Winnipeg Gas Indian and Northern affairs department found senior managers spent far More Money than they had the authority to release. Headquarters for Indian and Northern affairs in Ottawa ordered the investigation december 2007. The audit covers spending Over a decade from april 1, 1997, to nov. 30, 2007. It focuses on three specific programs and the conclusions Are Ottawa is owed $ 7.6 million from Manitoba Hydro As part of a Northern transmission line. Winnipeg managers advanced $ 1.2 million As part of a land claims settlement to Fairford first nation and neglected to say it had to be repaid by the first nation As part of the final settlement. Management signed a Deal without the proper authority to hand the Assembly of Manitoba chief $ 450,000 towards a multimillion Dollar plan to build a first nations governance House on former Manitoba Hydro property in st. James. Indian affairs managers messed up Winnipeg office failed to account for $ 9m by Alexandra Paul a five hour riot last weekend at Stony Mountain institution is no Surprise to those familiar with life at the Federal prison. They also say rampant beatings and drugs Are unlikely to be snuffed out by a temporary lock Down now underway at the prison. Sources confirmed monday three inmates returned to Stony from Hospital and three remain in Winnipeg hospitals in stable condition. John Tavares lost his brother David Tavares 40, in March 2005 at Stony after David was allegedly beaten to death by four inmates now All facing charges. The killing is allegedly linked to the native Syndicate gang. John Tavares who lives in Thunder Bay is pursuing Legal action against correctional service of Canada and other parties for lax Security he alleges led to his Brothers death. He said the brutal beating occurred in a Stony recreation Hall much like the one where sources told the free press rival gangs were allegedly planning to fight saturday when the violence spiralled into a full blown riot. Sources said one group of inmates seized control of a Kiosk that regulates Access to All the cells in a two Storey living area then barricaded themselves inside As correctional officers fought Back using pepper Spray and displaying shotguns for Protection. The prison riot Speaks to a still woefully under monitored prison said John Tavares. He said he was told after his Brothers death no officers were present in the recreation room to break up the fatal attack. He had no Protection. My brother knew he was going to be attacked Tavares said. Its a shoddy Security system. Robert Clarke Calgary based regional vice president of the Union of Canadian correctional officers said he wants to see a maximum Security Federal prison built in Manitoba along with better equipment for correctional officers. Stony is a medium Security facility. A social services worker who works with gang members said the riot broke out because of ongoing turmoil Over which gang will control the prison drug Trade. To keep violent groups from warring with other inmates and correctional officers Clarke said correctional officers need better gang management training. The prison has about 550 inmates in the facility said Stony Mountain institution spokesman Guy Langlois. The facility yes official capacity is about 585, including a unit for segregated inmates. We hover around the 555 Mark and have been for the past several months so were approaching capacity. We dont have a lot of swing space if you have specific populations sometimes incompatibilities determine where we put them said Langlois referring to cells for segregated inmates. The lock Down will continue today. Langlois said correctional officers came to work As scheduled monday. Stony Mountain Isnit the Only prison institution under stress. Although overcrowding in prisons is a National problem it is worst in Manitoba and Saskatchewan said Craig Jones executive director of the John Howard society. Gabrielle. Giro Day free press. My. Ca Cameron. Maclean free press. My. Ca violence at prison no Surprise gangs battling for control of drug Trade by Gabrielle Giro Day and Cameron Maclean Joseph Wendl left the United states to avoid the Vietnam War draft because he hated violence. But violence found him one night while working As a guard at Stony Mountain Penitentiary when he and fellow guard Werner Friesen were stabbed to death by rioting inmates in april 1984. Almost 25 years later wend los son Chris Wendl says he cant understand Why More a snot changed to help prevent further violence. Six inmates were sent to Hospital this weekend when a pre arranged riot broke out Between two rival gangs. Although there Are Many differences Between that and the 1984 incident overcrowding in the prison has been linked to both. Joseph Wendl was working overtime because the prison was understaffed the night he and Friesen were killed. He a snot even supposed to be there Chris Wendl said. Wendl originally worked As a psychiatric nurse at the prison but was forced to take a Job As a guard when his position was eliminated. Wendl was Locking up prisoners for the night when the inmates drunk on alcohol brewed in their cells began rioting. He was stabbed in the Back with a Shiv an improvised knife and pushed Down a flight of stairs. Friesen was stabbed in the Chest with a pair of scissors while another inmate held him in a Bear hug. A number of improvised weapons were seized at the Start of the year and Chris Wendl said More needs to be done to keep guards Safe. The Only Way to prevent More incidents like last weekends is to build another prison to help alleviate overcrowding Chris said. Too Little has changed says slain guards son Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg free press archives the lock Down at Stony Mountain institution remains in effect following a riot on the weekend. A 04_ Jan 13 09. Ind a4 1/ 12/ 09 11 49 51 pm ;