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Ontario needs to bring all parties together to address issues at EMDC: OPSEU headWhile concern is longstanding, tensions appear to have escalated in recent months amid a dispute over a memorial outside the jail and a recent rally following another inmate death.PoliticsJul 29, 2021
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Investigation launched after EMDC inmate dies in hospitalLondon police say a man was transported to hospital from Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) on Sunday and died Monday evening.CanadaMar 24, 2021
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Prison justice advocacy group calls for protection against COVID-19 in N.S. jailsThe East Coast Prison Justice Society said the province needs to do a better job protecting the human rights of prisoners and reduce risks of COVID-19 in jails.CanadaJan 17, 2021
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Advocates laud Nova Scotia’s decision to ban prison practice known as ‘dry celling’The decision to eliminate the controversial practice comes two months after a New Brunswick woman challenged 'dry celling' in a Nova Scotia court.CanadaJan 7, 2021
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Corrections conducts internal review after inmate assaulted at Halifax-area jailHalifax police said they responded to the jail on Gloria McCluskey Avenue in Dartmouth around 8 p.m. Monday.CanadaDec 3, 2019
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Hundreds of inmates go on hunger strike at Edmonton Remand CentreJust days after a lockdown at the Edmonton Remand Centre was lifted, about 200 prisoners started to refuse their meals.CrimeJul 24, 2018
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Ontario ombudsman reports increase in complaints about correctional servicesIn his annual report, Paul Dube says he received 5,010 complaints about correctional facilities in 2017-18 compared with 3,998 in the previous fiscal year.PoliticsJun 27, 2018
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Stats Canada: Indigenous youth overrepresented in Saskatchewan prisonsIn 2006, 70 per cent of the male minors in correctional services in Saskatchewan were Indigenous. By 2015 - 16 it had jumped to 92 per cent; women are higher.CanadaJun 25, 2018
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Ontario corrections minister unaware of concerns that home visits, curfew checks rarely done by probation officersGlobal News sat down with Ontario's minister of community safety and corrections to bring her the findings of our investigation into Ontario's probation system.InvestigationsMay 11, 2017
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Halifax’s 12th homicide victim of 2016 tried to change life before deathThe 22-year-old victim of Halifax's 12th homicide this year was trying to change his life before he was fatally shot Monday night.CrimeNov 25, 2016
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