Correctional Officers
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FSIN calls for change after Saskatchewan Penitentiary assaultDarla Fourstar said her son told her he was assaulted in his cell and requires medication and healing.CrimeDec 2, 2022
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98 new correctional officers hired in OntarioAccording to a news release, new Ontario correctional officer graduates have completed an eight-week training program virtually through Mohawk College.CanadaOct 14, 2022
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Charges dismissed against nine N.L. correctional officers in relation to inmate deathJonathan Henoche was 33 when he died at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's on Nov. 6, 2019.CanadaDec 17, 2021
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Lawyer, loved ones frustrated by decision to remove memorial crosses outside of EMDCA grievance was filed alleging that the memorial crosses were exacerbating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among some jail employees.CanadaJun 22, 2021
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Family of Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility inmate raises concerns over cell restrictionsA relative of a remanded man at a Nova Scotia corrections facility says inmates are being heavily restricted to their cells due to staff shortages.PoliticsDec 3, 2020
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Hamilton police charge two correctional officers with drug offencesAfter a six-month-long investigation, Hamilton police charged two correctional officers at Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre found to be distributing drugs to inmates.CrimeJun 19, 2020
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Oxycodone seized at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick: Correctional Service CanadaThe federal agency says illegal drugs were seized on Nov. 29 as a result of correctional staff acting on intelligence information.CrimeDec 13, 2019
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‘Wall’ of inmates blocked guards during stabbing in Nova Scotia jail, union saysMore than 25 inmates in one block of the Nova Scotia Central Correctional Facility outnumbered correctional officers called to respond to the incident Monday evening.CanadaDec 5, 2019
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Warkworth Institution correctional staff stage picket over claims of understaffing, rising workplace violence, drug useThe union representing correctional officers at Warkworth Institution claims the prison has had 566 incidents deemed "acts of aggression" so far this year.CanadaNov 27, 2019
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Family of Labrador woman says accused killer’s jail death robs them of answersJonathan Henoche had been awaiting trial for multiple charges from 2016, including the murder of 88-year-old Anna Regula Schule in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. He died last week.CrimeNov 13, 2019
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