Central East Correctional Centre

• Faqiri family calls out Ontario government for lack of action on inquest recommendations

  Faqiri's brother, Yusuf Faqiri, says Ontario has not fulfilled any of the recommendations following his brother's death at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay in 2016.

  Canada

  May 16, 2024
  
• Inquest probes deaths of 4 inmates in Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont.

  The March 18 joint inquest will examine the circumstances surrounding the deaths of four inmates between 2020 to 2022 who all died from drug toxicity.

  Crime

  Feb 29, 2024
  
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• Coroner’s inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri hears from correctional officer

  David Surowiec says he and several other staff members were put on administrative suspension after Soleiman Faqiri's death on Dec. 15, 2016.

  Crime

  Dec 4, 2023
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• Going to jail can disrupt health care for people with mental illness, inquest hears

  People with mental illness can experience significant disruptions to their health care when they are taken into custody, coroner's inquest for Soleiman Faqiri reveals.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2023
• Mentally ill man should not have been in jail where he died, inquest hears

  Jurors at a coroner's inquest are hearing that a mentally ill man who died in an Ontario jail cell in 2016 should not have been held at that facility.

  Crime

  Nov 20, 2023
• Virtual inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri at Lindsay, Ont. jail set for Nov. 20

  Soleiman Faqiri, 30, died in Decmember 2016, at the Central East Correctional Centre following altercations with correctional staff. The coroner's inquest will be held Nov. 20.

  Crime

  Nov 3, 2023
• Date set for inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri at Lindsay, Ont. jail

  Investigations revealed the 30-year-old man had been beaten, pepper sprayed and restrained following altercations with correctional staff at the Central East Correctional Centre.

  Crime

  Oct 19, 2023
• Soleiman Faqiri’s family hopes November inquest into his death will offer answers

  Soleiman Faqiri died on Dec. 15, 2016, after being beaten, pepper sprayed and restrained face-down in a segregation cell at the Central East Correctional Facility in Lindsay, Ont.

  Canada

  May 19, 2023
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• COVID-19: HKPR reports death in Kawartha Lakes, 3 new hospitalizations; outbreak at Lindsay jail

  Outbreaks were declared on units 9A and 4C at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay on Feb. 6.

  Health

  Feb 7, 2023
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• COVID-19: HKPR reports death, 3 hospitalizations, outbreaks at long-term care homes, Lindsay jail

  Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reported three inpatients with COVID-19 as of noontime Tuesday

  Health

  Nov 29, 2022