Toronto South Detention Centre

• ‘Folks are dying’: Community rallies for depopulation of Ontario jails after COVID-19 outbreaks

  "Folks are protesting for basic human needs, for access to clean air, access to clean laundry, personal protective equipment," one prisoner advocate said.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2021
  
• 70 COVID-19 cases reported at Toronto South jail outbreak, 36 variants of concern

  Toronto Public Health says following site-wide testing there are 70 cases of coronavirus between both staff and inmates at a correctional facility in south Etobicoke.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2021
  
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• Inmate at Toronto South Detention Centre tests positive for COVID-19

  Ontario reported 100 new cases of COVID-19, alongside five more deaths related to the illness earlier on Wednesday.

  Health

  Mar 25, 2020
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• 5 Toronto detention centre guards charged with aggravated assault in alleged attack on inmate

  Police say six Toronto South Detention Centre correctional officers assaulted a prisoner.

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2020
• Labour disruption at Toronto jail after eight injured in alleged assault: union

  OPSEU President Warren "Smokey" Thomas says the alleged assault took place on Saturday at the Toronto South Detention Centre.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2019
• Police investigating after inmate killed in fight at Toronto South Detention Centre

  A 22-year-old inmate at the Toronto South Detention Centre has been charged with second-degree murder after a 41-year-old inmate died following a fight.

  Crime

  Jan 27, 2017
• Ontario jails to implement full-body scanners in bid to reduce contraband

  Ontario's correctional services minister says full-body scanners will be installed at Ontario jails as a way to better detect contraband.

  Crime

  May 3, 2016
• Two inmates at Toronto superjail die in a week

  The union representing Ontario jail workers says two inmates at a Toronto detention centre have died in the past week.

  Politics

  Feb 18, 2015
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• Rollout of Toronto’s new ‘super jail’ a ‘disaster,’ say critics

  The vice president of the union representing jail guards says the rollout of Toronto’s new South Detention Centre (TSDC) has been a “disaster."

  Politics

  Dec 19, 2014
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• Inmates ‘stuffed here, there and everywhere’ after Don Jail closure

  The facility meant to replace the now-closed Don Jail it hasn't opened, disrupting Ontario's jail system as inmates are driven around to find scarce cells.

  Crime

  Jan 22, 2014