The federal government poured $50 million into Canada's prison system to deal with mentally ill offenders without a comprehensive plan to make sure it was properly spent, a watchdog report has found.

"Significant funds were advanced to the Correctional Service of Canada on the basis of much less detailed planning and reporting accountability than that generally demanded of the public," according to the report by the Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada.

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