Kenneth Ratte

Kenneth Ratte is a Canadian citizen, who has been called a "career criminal". He has been convicted of over 60 crimes.

In 1991, he was identified as one of 34 convicts in custody in Canadian prisons who had been diagnosed with an AIDS infection. In 1991 guards, calling upon the terms of their union's contract, argued that Ratte should be kept in isolation, because his infection posed a risk to their health. Ratte argued that this segregation violated his rights.

In 2000, Ratte was convicted of attacking guards, and trying to infect them. CBC News reported that Ratte requested a longer sentence so he would be held in federal, rather than provincial, custody, on the basis of being too dangerous for the latter. Ratte was escorted to court by four guards wearing body armour, gloves and protective eye-guards. Each guard was holding a leash attached to a collar.

In 2010, Ratte and two associates were convicted of a home invasion.

Ratte received conditional release in March 2018.