After he brutally beat a fellow North Slave Correctional Complex (NSCC) inmate at random, Jason Mark Bard told jail guards he punched and pummeled the man with a hardened plastic cup just to SA国际影视传媒済et their attention.SA国际影视传媒�

A three hour standoff with Corrections staff ensued. The attack left blood on the SA国际影视传媒渁lpha podSA国际影视传媒� floor. The victim was left with a concussion.

Just three months after the jailhouse attack, in December of last year, Bard, 28, triggered another standoff with NSCC guards.

It lasted seven hours.

Bard, the court heard during a sentencing hearing in a Yellowknife court Friday, was being housed in a cell normally reserved for female inmates. When Bard learned more female inmates were due to arrive, he, for reasons unclear, removed the shower head within his cell and let the water run, causing significant damage to the building. Holding cells were flooded, and the unfettered flow seeped to the floor below, causing even more damage. Jail staff estimated the flooding caused close to $25,000 in damages.

When jail guards approached BardSA国际影视传媒檚 cell, he told them heSA国际影视传媒檇 fashioned weapons out of a sprinkler head and electrical siding. If the guards came in, Bard said, heSA国际影视传媒檇 stab them in areas not protected by their uniforms.

A negotiator was called in to bring an end to the standoff.

The standoffs werenSA国际影视传媒檛 a first for Bard. A similar incident with police in Inuvik is what landed the Edmonton-born man in the Yellowknife jail.

In September, after responding to a report of a fight near Our Lady of Victory Church, known locally as the Igloo Church, police engaged Bard in a foot chase following a complaint he had sprayed another man with bear spray.

Mounties closed in on Bard at an apartment building parking lot, where he pointed a can of bear spray at two officers. The Mounties drew their guns and demanded Bard drop the weapon. He didnSA国际影视传媒檛 comply, and an officer was forced to tackle Bard to the ground, where he was handcuffed and arrested.

At the time, Bard was bound by both a recognizance and a probation order stemming from offences committed in Alberta. He was barred from possessing any weapons.

Police found crack cocaine SA国际影视传媒� an amount not disclosed by SA国际影视传媒� along with a knife, $400 in cash and two cell phones on BardSA国际影视传媒檚 person. An officer later stated the spray was deployed, with some making contact with his uniform.

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 fortunate youSA国际影视传媒檙e alive,SA国际影视传媒� said sentencing Judge Donovan Frederick Molloy, noting the danger that comes with pointing a weapon at armed police officers.

Molloy handed Bard a sentence of 27 months in custody Friday. Molloy was considering a four-year sentence, he told the offender.

He settled on the high end of the CrownSA国际影视传媒檚 24 to 27 month sentence recommendation.

Bard previously pleaded guilty to a slew of offences stemming from the three standoffs and breaches, including assaulting a police officer with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and resisting arrest.

Bard, the court head, has been incarcerated for most of his adult life.

Prosecutor Travis Weagant highlighted the offenderSA国际影视传媒檚 long and "aggravating" criminal record, which contains multiple convictions for violent offences.

Bard received a three-year sentence in 2010 for aggravated assault. Five years later, he was convicted of sexual assault with a weapon. He received a four-year sentence for the crime.

Weagant, who called the BardSA国际影视传媒檚 escalating violence SA国际影视传媒渃oncerning,SA国际影视传媒� said the incidents SA国际影视传媒� including the jailhouse assault, mischief and threats SA国际影视传媒� arise SA国际影视传媒渨hen the world around Bard doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 work his way.SA国际影视传媒�

Weagant said Bard SA国际影视传媒渦ses violence when he doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 get what he wants.SA国际影视传媒�

BardSA国际影视传媒檚 lawyer Tracy Bock told the court his client felt remorse for his actions and that heSA国际影视传媒檚 realized he needs to change his life. Bock highlighted BardSA国际影视传媒檚 traumatic upbringing, one marked by violence, substance abuse and neglect. Bard began drinking at age 12. By his early 20s, he was addicted to meth. HeSA国际影视传媒檚 been diagnosed with PTSD and ADHD, said Bock.

In 2017, Bock said Bard decided to leave Calgary to get as far away from his old friends and old life as he could. 

Bard had only been in Inuvik for a few weeks before he was arrested.

After spending most of his adult life behind bars, Bock said his client SA国际影视传媒渉as become institutionalized,SA国际影视传媒� but that he wants to get help.

Bard, wearing a bright red sweaterSA国际影视传媒�- signifying heSA国际影视传媒檚 been segregated at NSCC SA国际影视传媒� told Molloy heSA国际影视传媒檚 SA国际影视传媒渕ade a lot of mistakes in life.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淚 donSA国际影视传媒檛 want this life anymore,SA国际影视传媒� said Bard. He said heSA国际影视传媒檚 currently housed in a SA国际影视传媒渟ecure living unit,SA国际影视传媒� at the Yellowknife jail because he SA国际影视传媒渞efuses to fight.SA国际影视传媒�

After so many stints in jail, Molloy wondered out loud, SA国际影视传媒渨hatSA国际影视传媒檚 different this time?SA国际影视传媒�

Bock responded that his client doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 want to head down the road of a dangerous offender designation and that he wants to change his life.

Molloy told Bard that SA国际影视传媒渁t the end of the day,SA国际影视传媒� only he could choose to break the cycle thatSA国际影视传媒檚 brought him before the courts time after time.

Molloy warned Bard that if heSA国际影视传媒檚 charged with another serious crime, heSA国际影视传媒檒l likely do significant time in prison.

SA国际影视传媒淭his is pretty much your last chance,SA国际影视传媒� said Molloy.

Bard was ordered to submit a sample of his DNA, and he his barred for possessing weapons for the rest of his life.

With credit for time spent in remand custody SA国际影视传媒� 247 days SA国际影视传媒� Bard will have about 1.5 years left to serve, meaning he wonSA国际影视传媒檛 be sent to a southern penitentiary. Bard will be on probation for three years after his release.