Ontario Prisons

• Action needed as inmate deaths in Ontario rise, report says

  A report released by the panel this week says 25 inmates across more than two dozen facilities in the province died in 2019 and 46 inmates deaths were recorded in 2021.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2023
  
• Crowding in jails close to pre-pandemic levels, Ontario Human Rights Commission says

  But it warns those numbers have been rising again for months, "as Ontario is facing the most serious stage of the pandemic so far."

  Canada

  May 11, 2021
  
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• 3 inmates at Warkworth Institution test positive for COVID-19: Correctional Service Canada

  The cases at Warkworth Institution are believed to be linked to a major COVID-19 outbreak at Joyceville Institution.

  Dec 17, 2020
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• Ontario jail guards broke use-of-force rules in death of Soleiman Faqiri: court documents

  "My brother is buried, but we don't have his closure."

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2020
• Ontario ombudsman receives record number of complaints about jails

  Paul Dube details problems with overcrowding, poor living conditions, and lack of inmate access to medical care in his annual report released Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2020
• Ontario jail guards allowed to wear masks during COVID-19 pandemic after deal reached

  Correctional officers in Ontario have resolved a weeks-long dispute with the government over permission to wear face masks inside provincial jails during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2020
• Ontario appeal court upholds class action rulings against isolation in prisons

  Even without a full-blown trial, a judge was right to decide that placing inmates in solitary confinement amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of their rights, Ontario's top court ruled on Monday.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2020
• Ontario looking to adjust jail phone call system, include calls to cellphones

  Currently they are only able to place collect calls to landlines.

  Politics

  Jan 14, 2020
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• Challenge to the federal government’s prison-needle ban postponed to Dec. 17

  A court hearing to challenge the federal government's ban on needles for drug-using prisoners has been postponed to next week.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2019
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• Ontario court to hear challenge to a prison needle ban this week

  A constitutional challenge to the federal government's refusal to provide clean needles in prisons is set to be heard by an Ontario court this week.

  Crime

  Dec 8, 2019