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PAGE 12THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, MAY 9,2001 Hells Angels ride into Durham Police keep an eye on annual party BY STEPHEN SHAW Staff Writer OSHAWA - With the eyes of police watching closely, 120 Hells Angels bike gang members and associates from across Canada converged on the Oshawa chapter's Ortono Avenue clubhouse clubhouse for an annual 'On the Road' bash. The party, hosted by the recently born chapter, which has completed renovations renovations to its east-end clubhouse, was purportedly held to kick off the start of the riding season. Police monitoring the event, however, viewed it as the outlaw motorcycle gang's official 'grand-opening' of sorts in Durham Region. "You could say it's a message or a statement to everyone that 'We're here,' to show the prominence of the Oshawa chapter of the Hells Angels; that they're in operation," Durham Regional Regional Police Sergeant Paul Malik said. The five-month-old Oshawa Hells' chapter was formed when members of the Satan's Choice biker gang, including including former Oshawa resident and Choice founder Bcrnie Guindon, look part in a mass conversion ceremony in Quebec. Members of several other Ontario outlaw gangs including ParaDice Riders, Riders, Lobos and Last Chance also patched over to the Hells Angels, giving giving the world's largest biker club its first of now 11 chapters in the province. Police say 120 Hells members and associates rode into Oshawa Saturday and were "processed" at road-checks set up on Bloor Street at Wilson Road and Ritson Road. The - spot-checks were manned by Durham police uniform uniform intelligence unit and tactical support support unit officers, as well as members Jail crowding blamed for rise in guards' sick days BY JOE CHIN Staff Writer WHITBY - Guards at Whitby Jail, like their colleagues all over the province, are increasingly booking off sick - and they are blaming the Harris government for their malaise. "We are threatened and have urine and feces thrown at us all the time," said Bill Carson, vice-president vice-president of Local 359 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), which represents the guards at the Whitby prison. According to Mr. Carson, the chronic overcrowding in Whitby is contributing to increased stress and tension for both corrections staff and inmates. And he said guards are on the receiving end of violence as a result. result. "This facility was originally built to house 58 prisoners - it now has 165 in a typical week. On some weekends, when the intermittents come in, there are sometimes over 200," he said. "People are sleeping on the floor, with their heads near the toilets. They're all over the place." The situation has deteriorated to such a level, said Mr. Carson, that the jail is forced to bus some inmates inmates as far away as Ottawa to relieve relieve the overcrowding. "It's ridiculous. Just think of the cost involved," he said. "We take them there for a day or two and then have to bring them back." Exacerbating the situation, the union said, is the threat by Corrections Corrections Minister Norm Sterling to privatise privatise more Ontario correctional facilities, facilities, not just the 1,200-bed 'superjail' 'superjail' in Penetangushene, if guards did not cut their use of sick time. Under the current government, sick time use by corrections officers has risen from an average of 12 days per year in 1995 to 20 days per year in 2001. "The Harris government is deliberately deliberately making scapegoats of correctional correctional officers to provide a flimsy rationale rationale for privatising prisons," said OPSEU president Leah Casselman. She claims a comprehensive survey survey of 44 Ontario correctional facilities facilities shows a direct link between Correction Ministry policies and increased increased use of sick time by corrections corrections staff. The union-commissioned study details how severe overcrowding, program cuts and poor sanitation are causing increased violence, sickness and stress behind bars. "Excellent programs such as the Durham Crest halfway house and TAP (temporary absence program) have been shut down, putting increased increased pressure on Whitby Jail and our members," said Mr. Carson. "We used to feel relatively sale going in to work. 1 don't have that any more." of the Provincial Special Squad, which was created to combat outlaw biker gangs. The routine inspections are used as an information-gathering tool for police, who check for outstanding warrants warrants and Highway Traffic Act violations. violations. Sgt. Malik said 35 charges were laid, two for drug possession and the remainder for motorcycle safety infractions infractions ranging from exhaust to helmet violations. One weapon, a wooden club, was seized and one 12-hour driving driving suspension was issued for alcohol. alcohol. Meanwhile, a man wanted by police, police, but not connected to the club, was arrested for possession of stolen property property when lie was recognized by a detective detective while passing through. Sgt. Malik said Hells members and associates from II Ontario, Calgary and Quebec chapters attended the party, which went off without incident, and rode out of town Sunday. etiis Xend j/lj Piping l'1 ■•'I ' i v/'C There arc times when we all need help... because we are ill, have small children or agiiig parents with special needs. 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