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• Officials investigating after inmate assaulted in federal prison in N.B.

  The injured inmate and the assailant were evacuated by staff members and transported to hospital for treatment.

  Crime

  Mar 8
  
• Once convicted of manslaughter, ex-gang member now licensed as Ontario lawyer

  "When I was nine, I was an altar server; when I was 14, I was a straight-A student; when I was 19, I was facing first-degree murder," Rohan George said. "When I'm 34, I'm being called to the bar. Life isn't linear."

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2020
  
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• Federal prisons to install systems to prevent drone contraband deliveries

  Canada's prison service has earmarked $6 million for electronic systems to prevent tiny drones from dropping illegal drugs, cellphones or other contraband into the yards of its institutions.

  World

  May 8, 2019
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• Federal government wants Supreme Court to reconsider 15-day cap on prisoner isolation

  Ottawa also wants last month's ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal - slated to take effect Friday - to be put on hold in the interim.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2019
• Canada’s jailhouse secret: legally innocent inmates are dying in prison

  Nearly 270 people have died in Canadian provincial jails over the past five years. Two-thirds of them were legally innocent.

  Canada

  Aug 3, 2017
• Prison watchdog wary of using pepper spray on inmates

  Canada's prison watchdog is calling for tighter controls on the use of pepper spray in federal penitentiaries amid concerns correctional officers have taken to dousing inmates with the noxious repellent on a "routine" basis.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2016
• Conjugal visits increase public safety: experts

  The visits, which remain a part of the Canadian correctional system, are linked to a long-standing program aimed at increasing the chances of inmates successfully reintegrating into society after their release.

  Oct 30, 2016