A group of Winnipeg-based community organizations says the government’s tough-on-crime approach is not going to bring the solutions Canadians need.

The Police Accountability Coalition (PAC) released a new report Tuesday, which outlines how all three levels of government can work together to restore the community’s faith in the justice system.

Social Planning Council of Winnipeg director Kate Kehler, a PAC member, says a one-size-fits all approach isn’t lending itself to functional solutions. “People are angry at that individual, and they are angry that they were out [on bail],” Kehler said. “They are not angry that that person has been in and out of those institutions over and over again for a very long period of time, and those institutions failed to rehabilitate that person.”

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