By C1 Staff
CANADA — An internal investigation has found that federal prison staff used public assets to wash and repair their vehicles.
CBC reports that a whistleblower alleged a supervisor was abusing publicly funded resources, time and materials to wash and fix colleagues’ cars.
“Throughout this investigation, it was observed that in addition to the supervisor, a small group of staff members had been benefiting from this situation. These employees used CSC facilities, supplies and materials to perform light maintenance work on their personal vehicles, and used CSC fleet vehicles to conduct errands that were not related to CSC business,” reads a report by the Correctional Service of Canada.
“Furthermore, there appeared to be instances where offenders, who were employed in the department, were unwittingly implicated in the wrongdoing by the supervisor. The inmates were involved in cleaning and repairing the personal vehicles of CSC employees.”
Nine recommendations resulted from the probe, including disciplinary measures, risk mitigation strategies and staff accountability measures. Results of the investigation were also to be shared with regional offices as a “lessons learned” document.
However, the department would not disclose what disciplinary actions were taken.